This happens all the time. MANY actors/actresses are involved in getting material for themselves--why is this considered something she had to "resort" to? It's like saying she's "resorted" to reading scripts that she eventually declined to film.
BTW, I'm amused at some of the responses here. We've been saying all along that Hollywood is hypocritical in its liberal pose, backing liberal politicians like Boxer who attack black women. I don't get the reactions to someone who supports our view of Hollywood as one big garbage factory.
Yeah, but she doesn't get it.