Bad Quote by Bill Duke

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my…

— Laverne Cox

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

— Dusty Baker

So like Kevin Holland's one of these guys, he sees me and he's scared of me. It's fair, he's a very tall, scary Black…

— Sean Strickland

I wouldn't use the word 'scared' for my role as Hitchcock, but it was my most insecure. Taking on such a formidable, giant personality…

— Anthony Hopkins

I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

— Michael Shannon

I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the…

— Nat King Cole

I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney…

— Bernie Mac

Early in my career, I played with a guy in Mike Rucker who was a threat on the other side.

— Julius Peppers

In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a…

— Grace Jones

No one looked good in the 80s - especially me.

— Liz Carr

I was the first black man on television.

— Scatman Crothers

I wish people didn't just think of me in the '60s. I'm not any era.

— Marianne Faithfull