Abbott Elementary's Sheryl Lee Ralph says she was fired from a TV pilot

People

Ralph, 65, reflected on the highs and lows of her 45-year acting career in an interview with People magazine. "People's thinking was not very inclusive," she said of Hollywood in the 1980s. "You (had) directors who were still trying to tell you how to be Black." She adds: " was fired from a pilot because the producer told me I was 'not Black enough.' Those were his words. It was horrible. I can still remember the way I felt."