Actors and actresses Quote by Columbus Short

There has to be more opportunities for Asian or black actors.

— Adeel Akhtar

Im so bored of answering that. Are there differences between black actors opportunities and white actors opportunities? Yes, there are. Its been said. Id…

— Idris Elba

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

Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.

— Idris Elba

I always say it's hard to cast an African-American film sometimes because those kinds of actors just aren't out there.

— Rick Famuyiwa

As a black actor, you always have the feeling that there's not as much work out there as for a white counterpart, but is…

— Dorian Missick

When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American…

— Anna Deavere Smith

You can't be perceived as 'the black actress who doesn't get the same kind of roles as the white actress.' You gotta run the…

— Viola Davis

They think America is like a major league in entertainment. For me personally being here for the past year-and-a-half, I know some of the…

— Aml Ameen

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

There are not that many parts for actors who are not white - even less substantive ones.

— Cassandra Clare

A lot of the time, you see all this ambition from these black actors, and it's just pouring off the screen. Because they don't…

— Elvis Mitchell