Black Quote by Amandla Stenberg

The acting world is tough. It's competitive - and even more so for women - but actually, for black female actresses, the issue isn't…

— Michaela Coel

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has…

— Sidney Poitier

When you're a Black actress, the box that we often get put in is so small. And me being a dark-skinned Black actress, the…

— KiKi Layne

Sometimes you have to change the mold. If people keep following the same Hollywood mold, you're going to get the same thing. And as…

— Kym Whitley

The roles that I feel I get, or handed to me, or whatever, are not that interesting. I don't think it's a problem that's…

— Aunjanue Ellis

As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on…

— Naturi Naughton

We know the road of lack of recognition, of people telling us that we can't headline a movie because black women don't translate overseas,…

— Viola Davis

I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their…

— Kimberly Elise

One of the things about being a minority actor is that you don't have that opportunity as some of your counterparts to keep that…

— Georg Stanford Brown

The reality is, because of access to film, you don't have a lot of black people who want to go behind the camera. We…

— Michael Ealy

I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The…

— Kevin Hart

There still aren't enough[ roles for women of color]. And I'd say that's the case, not only for African-American women, but for all women…

— Jada Pinkett Smith