Loretta Devine Shares Frustrations with Acting

                           Loretta Devine

Actress Loretta Devine is one of the few black actresses who has managed to consistently secure work over the years, but she doesn’t want people to think that it’s been easy for her to do.

In fact, Loretta shared her frustrations with the industry in a recent interview

In a recent interview with the Huffington Post, Loretta made it clear that it’s a bumpy ride for women of color in Hollywood.

Here’s an excerpt of the interview:

“There are a lot of diverse independent films that get made, and they end up going straight to DVD. A-List movies are different,” Devine explained.

“If you’re a black woman, you have to have an Oscar or have been nominated for an Oscar to get into an A-List film.”

Devine, who currently stars on the hit NBC sitcom “The Carmichael Show,” says she’s happy about the current influx of black woman on television like Kerry Washington, Viola Davis, and Gabrielle Union, even though she feels like she’s missing out: “If you’re a black woman in your 20s or 30s, you can be a leading lady.”

At 66, Devine has spoken candidly in the past about her dream of playing the lead in a romantic comedy, but her aspirations don’t end there. “Sometimes I think, oooh, I’d love to be in the Marvel movies, because those characters are so incredible. Like what Leslie Uggams got to do with Deadpool — that was amazing.”

By: Samuel Nyarko