It's never too late to pursue acting. What to consider as you pivot to Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — Angela White remembers being the type of kid who enthusiastically assembled her family in the living room so she could perform a skit or dance. "I was always dancing," White said. "You know, I thought I'd be Janet Jackson's backup dancer. That was always the dream." But when she moved to West Covina from Compton in the seventh grade, she became the only Black girl in her class. ...
LOS ANGELES — Angela White remembers being the type of kid who enthusiastically assembled her family in the living room so she could perform a skit or dance.
"I was always dancing," White said. "You know, I thought I'd be Janet Jackson's backup dancer. That was always the dream."
But when she moved to West Covina from Compton in the seventh grade, she became the only Black girl in her class. By the time she got to high school, she didn't feel welcome to perform in drama productions. She worked backstage instead and eventually majored in theater and communications in college, but she ended up being a kindergarten and first grade teacher until her early 40s.
"I would read [to the kids], and I had all kinds of voices for the characters,"
