African american Quote by Candice Patton

I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.

— Kat Graham

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

My goal is to broaden and deepen the range of African-American characters on television, so I always try to show human beings.

— Andre Braugher

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

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

— Jim Brown

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

— Pam Grier

There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as…

— Adeel Akhtar

I'd love to be in a period drama - that's my obsession. But being a mixed-race actress, there aren't so many roles you're right…

— Antonia Thomas

When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life when you…

— Ruby Dee

We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen;…

— Kym Whitley

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

I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as…

— D. B. Sweeney