'Maybe 30 years ago, it was very 'Oh, you're the Latin girl. You'll do Spanish roles; you'll play maids; you'll only be limited to this little box.''
But the singer, dancer and actress remembers her early attempts at movies and how the industry pushed back because of her ethnicity.
Eventually she was cast in"Selena" and says that film"made the impact that it needed to make," inspiring a generation of future Latin actresses and stars.
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