Always Quote by Andre Braugher

Unfortunately, in television today there are very few African-American characters who are human beings. They are typically two-dimensional stereotypes, cookie-cutter types.

— Andre Braugher

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.

— Candice Patton

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

— Tracey Ullman

I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world; there are…

— Darius McCrary

With my representation of a black woman in the world today, there's such a powerful response from my community about what it means to…

— Susan Kelechi Watson

Some people in America don't ever interact with black people outside of television, so we should give them real, believable characters.

— Mike Colter

I just want to make sure that I'm taking roles that are positive, real, honest reflections of African-Americans because I do think the media…

— Kat Graham

I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films.

— Wes Craven

I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in…

— Isaiah Washington

I want to put something on the screen that audiences have never seen black actors do before, roles that will widen views of who…

— Joe Morton

I am a black woman, and I'm proud of that, but as a showrunner, I want to think about what makes me unique beyond…

— Courtney A. Kemp

You look at 'Survivor's Remorse.' Or 'Blackish.' Or Issa Rae's brilliant, funny 'Insecure,' which started out on YouTube but is now on HBO. And…

— Teyonah Parris