Actor Quote by David Harewood

I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black.

— Stephan James

I got into [acting] so late because of sports. And then when I was in grad school, I sort of got lulled into basically…

— Mahershala Ali

When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man…

— Lance Reddick

I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color…

— Manish Dayal

I think the reason I went into theater, ultimately, was because that was one of multicultural groups. Because you identify with other people that…

— Keegan-Michael Key

My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors…

— Amanda Seales

Until recently, Hollywood offered only a handful of roles to actors of color. The majority of my opportunities have fallen into two categories: Scary…

— Baron Vaughn

It's like one of the best things that can ever happen to you as an actor: to have your story reach people, even if…

— Jay Ellis

As an actor of color, I was overlooked at every possible opportunity. I was given roles that were almost not roles. It was, like,…

— Simu Liu

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

As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to…

— Daniel Sunjata

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