Audiences Quote by Chadwick Boseman

When most actors finally get to L.A., I think they expect to be the next Will Smith or Denzel Washington and that's not the…

— Andrea Hall

In many ways for black actors there's been two leading guys: It's Will Smith vs. Denzel [Washington].

— Michael B. Jordan

White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's…

— Idris Elba

To me the industry has always said that the lovers and haters and principal characters will always be white in Hollywood, and black people…

— Haile Gerima

People tell me that Hollywood loves new faces, but I don't know. They're probably just being nice.

— Jack Davenport

Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.

— Dayo Okeniyi

The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it's not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.

— Chadwick Boseman

I ask everyone - white Hollywood and black Hollywood - to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That's where they're going…

— Russell Simmons

I think anybody who tries to follow the conventional Hollywood rule, will probably be better liked than the ones who try to think a…

— Bruno Zheng Wu

People in Hollywood defer to what they know, which is a white lead, particularly in romantic comedies.

— Lana Condor

A lot of things people are upset about or frustrated by with Hollywood stem from the fact that the same old narrative is being…

— Quinta Brunson

Theater will cast in a more open way; Denzel Washington might play Richard III. Television and film don't really cast openly like that. The…

— Mahershala Ali