American life Quote by August Wilson

I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them.

— Katori Hall

I'm still trying to do films about black women.

— Pam Grier

I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has…

— Joe Morton

“I believe it’s incredibly important to write against [racial] stereotypes. If we give in and make sure that all black women characters are asexual,…

— Justine Larbalestier

I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a…

— Eric McCormack

I realized with Broadway everything written for black people is usually written in the past, and I'm kind of a contemporary guy. I don't…

— Chris Rock

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema…

— Spike Lee

Without mentioning any names, there was a film that was being done, and I ran into the producer on the plane. It was a…

— Joe Morton

The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and…

— Tituss Burgess

I was determined to make a movie - about families and a love story - that black women would be proud to see and…

— Salim Akil

“There’s only one woman left in the absence of thought that characterizes in pure black this cursed era.”

— André Breton

There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is a reflection…

— Ava DuVernay