Ricky Martin speaks out about his lack of acting opportunities: 'If it's because I'm gay, that's sad'

• Ricky Martin is looking for better acting roles.

• "I don't know if I'm not getting parts because I'm gay," he said. "But if that's the case, it's really sad."

• Martin earned an Emmy nomination for his role in "The Assassination of Gianni Versace."

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Ricky Martin has proven he's more than just a singer.

He's been on a soap opera (remember him as Miguel Morez in "General Hospital" in the mid-1990s?), done Broadway ("Les Miserables" in 1996 and "Evita" in 2012), and most recently been Emmy-nominated for his work on Ryan Murphy's "The Assassination of Gianni Versace" in 2018.

So you can understand why Martin is a little upset he's not getting many acting offers worth his time.

"I'm waiting for those scripts, for those great scripts," he told People recently. "I can play gay, I can play straight, I can play a serial killer. I can play Latin, but I can also play European. I am ready. Just give it to me, man. Give it to me."

The actor said that since his Emmy nomination playing the lover of Versace, Antonio D'Amico, the highly sought-after roles aren't coming his way.

"I don't know if I'm not getting parts because I'm gay," he said. "But if that's the case, it's really sad."

He's spent his time since the nom releasing his latest album, 2020's "Pausa," his first studio album in five years, and the same year voicing the character Don Juan Diego in the Netflix holiday movie, "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey."

But Martin is looking for more.

"I just want to tap into anything that has to do with acting. I love theater, too," Martin said. "I want to tell a story. That's what I want. I want to tell important story, and I want to change the way people see life in general towards some more optimistic way."

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