She rose to stardom for her role as Selena in the 1997 blockbuster that saw her become the first Latin actress to earn over $1 million for a role.

And while it appears as though the past 22 years has been a breeze for Jennifer Lopez in Hollywood, she revealed on Monday that that sure wasn’t the case.

The 50-year-old actress gave an nearly all-encompassing interview to Variety where she talked the early days of her career when she was told she could play maid roles and how executives would comment on her ‘really big’ bottom. And the star added that she was told American Idol would be a bad move.

Not music to her ears: 'They would never say to a guy, 'Your d*** is really big',' she said when explaining there were countless occasions they had something to openly say about her posterior (pictured 2001)