She was in Hollywood in that era when non-white actors could not kiss. This meant there was a whole range of parts that were not available to her. She couldn’t play a romantic lead where she would have to kiss her leading man. So, she had to watch parts that she could have played—should have played—go to other actors. And that frustrated her, to say the least.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "She was in Hollywood in that era when non-white actors could not kiss. This meant there was a whole range of parts that were not available to her. She couldn’t play a romantic lead where she would have to kiss her leading man. So, she had to watch parts that she could have played—should have played—go to other actors. And that frustrated her, to say the least." in the context of "A quote from John Olive about Wong’s limited Hollywood career in “Anna May Wong, writing biography, and what's next: an interview with John Olive” in PWC (2017)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.