Jennifer Lopez spoke about being doubted as an actress while on CBS News Sunday Morning to promote Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
“You just have to show them. You can’t let that discourage you,” said Lopez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
When asked “how could you not be taken seriously?” after a lengthy movie and TV career, Lopez answered, “I don’t know”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jennifer Lopez<\/a> still likes defying expectations.<\/p>\n During Sept. 28’s episode of CBS News Sunday Morning<\/a>, the star spoke to host Lee Cowan about her career and her latest movie, Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/a>. It’s Lopez’s first-ever movie musical, the showcase that she says she has “been waiting for my whole life.”<\/p>\n In the interview, Lopez, 56, opened up about having to prove herself as an actress when others wanted to box her in as only a dancer or singer.<\/p>\n “People, when they see you first as one thing, it’s hard for them to see you as something else. You just have to show them. You can’t let that discourage you,” explained Lopez.<\/p>\n Cowan asked, “Did you struggle to be taken seriously at first?” Lopez responded with a laugh: “At first? At first \u2014 and maybe always.”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n “A little bit. Or maybe it’s just me in my own head,” she added. “I don’t know. I’ve always felt a bit of the underdog. Definitely misunderstood. But it comes with the territory of being in the public eye. People are not gonna really know who you are, your heart. And then they see it and go, ‘Oh, that’s who she is,’ then they hear something and they go, ‘Oh, no, that’s not who she is.’ And they get confused. I get it. I understand.”<\/p>\n “But I stay steady,” said Lopez. “And that’s the most important thing, I think. I don’t change. I grow, but I don’t change.”<\/p>\n Cowan pointed out that Lopez has starred in movies opposite other A-listers like Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, George Clooney and Robin Williams, so “how could you not be taken seriously?” Lopez said, “I don’t know.”<\/p>\n Roadside Attractions<\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez in “Kiss of the Spider Woman”<\/p>\n Lopez has been nominated for two Golden Globe awards: Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for 1997’s\u00a0Selena\u00a0and Best Supporting Actress for 2019’s\u00a0Hustlers.\u00a0Hustlers\u00a0also earned Lopez nods at the\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards\u00a0and the Independent Spirit Awards.<\/p>\n Kiss of the Spider Woman\u00a0will be in theaters Oct. 10 after making its world premiere at the\u00a0Sundance Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0in January. Lopez stars alongside Diego Luna and Tonatiuh\u00a0as a “silver screen diva” named Aurora, a.k.a. Ingrid Luna.<\/p>\n An adaptation of the 1976 novel and its Tony Award\u2013winning Broadway musical,\u00a0Kiss of the Spider Woman\u00a0comes from director Bill Condon, who wrote the\u00a0Chicago\u00a0movie musical that won six Oscars in 2003, including Best Picture.<\/p>\n![\"Roadside](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5223d1554dd19fde46d192fff0c548e3.jpeg\"\/)
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