Book Quote by Candice Patton

I think people love the character of Iris West. I think a lot of fans are also excited that Iris West is now African-American.…

— Candice Patton

Iris is the Lois Lane of 'The Flash.' It's a really special role. Knowing they were willing to offer it to an African American…

— Candice Patton

I remember liking Betty White a lot. It was one of those things as a little child actress, you get inspired by experienced actresses…

— Ariana Richards

When you think of comic book readers, you never think of the brown girl, and I was that.

— Iman Vellani

Unfortunately, when you look at the amount of comic book heroes out there, minority heroes are few and far between.

— Cress Williams

I get the feeling that audiences have become mature and they understand that not every character is in black or white. There can be…

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

When I was growing up, all these superheroes were white. On some level, you put that out of your mind... but as you get…

— Joe Morton

It seems like there's never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.

— Dave Chappelle

One of the ways [racism] pops up is when they turn a comic into a live-action movie and there's this temptation to make Asian…

— Gene Luen Yang

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

— Tracey Ullman

Eventually we got to a point where 'Riverdale' came along, and it was a character that was originally written white, and I saw this…

— Ross Butler

'White Teeth' has far too many characters, and its plot is tortured. But Smith has an astonishing intellect. She writes sharp dialogue for every…

— Jeff Giles