I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
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Hollywood is hard on women.
The primary job for women in Hollywood is still super-attractive actress. That is the most high-profile women's job in Hollywood.
Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
There's a certain thought process about actors that they are in Hollywood and they sit around pools and get suntans and just get offered jobs.
Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.
I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.
There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone completely the other way, back to almost the 60s, early 70s.
People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.
I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.
Asian Americans haven't had as many opportunities as other people to build their careers in Hollywood, just because there hasn't been that much of an interest, especially in Asian American males.