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“For me, I just feel as actors, you're never entitled to anything. It's tough out there. You have to really want it. And that's not to say being a woman and being a woman of color, being an Asian American actor, there's certainly challenges and limitations, limited opportunities because of the…” quote by Greta Lee — Download Open image

“For me, I just feel as actors, you're never entitled to anything. It's tough out there. You have to really want it. And that's not to say being a woman and being a woman of color, being an Asian American actor, there's certainly challenges and limitations, limited opportunities because of the world that we live in. That's absolutely true.”

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