SHORT TAKES : Lopez Asks Latino Comedy Roles

Stand-up comedian George Lopez, who plays up his ethnic roots in his act, is dismayed by the lack of comedy roles for Latinos.

The 28-year-old comic, who plays a ski patrolman in the upcoming movie, “Ski Patrol,” said in a recent interview that Latinos “are being totally left out” of television sitcoms.

“When you look ethnic it’s that much harder,” he said. “Everyone is thin and Caucasian, and I don’t look like that. . . . I’d like to play a professional, an attorney, a guy who just works for a living, a ‘thirtysomething’-type character.”

He steers clear of ethnic stereotypes in movie and television roles.

“In sitcoms, there’s no one Hispanic, and I don’t think that’s right. When the first sitcom comes down that doesn’t have 12 people in the family and there’s not a rooster in the living room, then I’m sure writers will go back to the typewriters and say, ‘Oh, that’s how you’re supposed to do it!’ ”