Beyond Quote by Iman Vellani

I'm most concerned with committing to characters that contribute to more complex, modern and dynamic Asian-American representation on screen.

— Eugene Lee Yang

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

— Darren Aronofsky

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

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

Any time you have people of different races in a movie that's about America, there's going to be a racial component.

— John Lee Hancock

I understand the whole constant foreigner stereotype, but for me it's important to portray immigrant characters like Jian-Yang and Danny Meng with humanity.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I've always made a point to play roles that aren't specified by their ethnicity.

— Jessica Henwick

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

It's so important to have representation for all races on TV. All people, from all walks of life. So when other people look at…

— Kofi Kingston

Representation matters. And it's about more than just actors on a screen. It's about snacks, it's about food, it's about culture, in every possible…

— Simu Liu

I consciously think about the ethnicity of every character that I create and cast. But one thing that is equally important is quality representation.…

— Daniel Dae Kim

I love doing a show that makes no mention of ethnicity.

— Al Madrigal