13 Actors Who Opened Up About Struggling To Find Work, And It's Eye-Opening To Just How Difficult Working In Hollywood Is

But after speaking out against her projects — calling Knocked Up "a little sexist" and pulling herself out of the race for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama (for Grey's) at the 2008 Emmys, saying "I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination" — things got a little messy for her in Hollywood.Last year, Katherine spoke to the Washington Post in a candid interview where she detailed how the backlash affected her mental state and how getting older put everything into perspective for her."I may have said a couple of things you didn't like, but then that escalated to 'she's ungrateful,' then that escalated to 'she's difficult,' and that escalated to 'she's unprofessional,'" Katherine told the Post.She noted that her family and friends were "scared" for her, after seeing how the blacklisting weighed on her mental health. During a 2013 interview on Oprah's Master Class, Sarandon talked about how Hollywood treats actors when they age, especially women.Susan is set to star in an upcoming drama series called Monarch about the Romans, the fictional first family of country music, in late 2022.Gal got her start in the Fast & Furious franchise, but rose to fame once she entered the DC Universe in Wonder Woman. "And it came to a point where I was just like, 'Is it really worth it?' [My husband and I] were in LA for a trip, and I was telling my husband, 'Look, we're here now, but we're leaving in two weeks...I don't know if we'll ever come again.'"Gal is currently working on two upcoming films, including a spy drama called Heart of Stone, and a live-action adaptation of Snow White, where she'll play the Evil Queen.Joshua currently stars on the hit Disney+ mockumentary musical comedy High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. But before earning that breakout role, Josh was having a very hard time booking gigs.In a 2021 interview with Access Hollywood, Joshua revealed why he almost walked away from acting and the advice his father gave him that made him change his mind."It was, like, audition after audition of me getting really close to things, and the reason why I wasn't getting them was always ridiculous," Joshua said. I was just getting really frustrated."Joshua recently starred in the Disney+ original film Better Nate Than Never.Before her breakout role in the hit Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, Laverne nabbed parts in short films and Law & Order.