Dascha Polanco’s back in the acting hustle after ‘Orange’

By Gina Abdy, The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Agencies, writers, producers: Dascha Polanco says the time is now for Hollywood to do more in terms of diversity behind the scenes.

In front of the cameras, she told The Associated Press that the industry should stop thinking of her and so many of her co-stars on the recently wrapped Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” as non-traditional Hollywood types.

Polanco declared: “We are the tradition. We are the reality.”

The actress said she’s back in the hustle, working on the film “In the Heights” and going out on auditions. She’s also trying to spend more time living each moment.

Polanco said she has the mind of a hustler with no time to sit around and wait for opportunities. She added: “I learned that from 50 Cent.”

Gina Abdy, The Associated Press

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