Black Quote by Ashley Walters

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against…

— Gregory Hines

I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we…

— Sanaa Lathan

It's hard to find black roles that are just whimsical and fun and colorful. And I think, in many ways, that can be just…

— Amandla Stenberg

A lot of black actors will sit there and go, 'Every role is about being a gangster' - then they get an opportunity to…

— Ashley Walters

'Top Boy,' for some people, was very controversial because it seemed to be portraying black people in a certain light that they thought to…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

“I think there should be more black characters, and more of all kinds of characters, in fiction. Almost all of the main characters in…

— Neil Gaiman

Just in terms of when I got the script, the character I probably liked the least was Big Foster. Because even though he was…

— David Morse

I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend…

— Roma Downey

Growing up, I didn't receive the representation that I wanted so badly. I was always looking out for black characters - black women -…

— Amandla Stenberg

What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?

— Jim Brown

It's very rare that Black actors get an opportunity to do period pieces and to have a breadth of characters to choose from in…

— Malik Yoba

Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great.

— Wesley Snipes