Character Quote by Daniel Dae Kim

I feel like a lot of the portrayals of, in particular, younger minority ethnic characters on television, a lot of their dialogue, a lot…

— Corey Reynolds

There are very few ethnic LGBT characters on television, so I am honored to represent them. I love supporting this cause, but it’s a…

— Naya Rivera

Growing up, I didn't receive the representation that I wanted so badly. I was always looking out for black characters - black women -…

— Amandla Stenberg

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.

— Darren Aronofsky

I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world; there are…

— Darius McCrary

People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of stuff. But…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Not only is there more content, but the producers are also focusing on characters rather than their ethnicities. I mean, when you go in…

— Karan Soni

In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully…

— Forest Whitaker

It's important to be able to have representation for black queer women, because I feel like there's not much representation for them in the…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I don't have an answer for why Hollywood still casts non-ethnic people for ethnic roles. It's something that has to change. Sometimes they'll write…

— Adam Beach

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

— Tracey Ullman

It's hard in America as a writer of color, an actor of color, not to get caught up in race and culture. But you're…

— John Cho