Actors Quote by Ishmael Reed

There have been so few decent films involving Negroes that right away everybody expects every film to do everything. But when you make a…

— Jim Brown

It never occurred to me that I was hired because I was black. But it did occur to me that because I was black…

— Duane Jones

If you're going to make black movies only about black people, that's as bad as white movies only about white people.

— Rita Moreno

A lot of black actors will sit there and go, 'Every role is about being a gangster' - then they get an opportunity to…

— Ashley Walters

I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't like the…

— Zoe Kravitz

The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a…

— Jim Brown

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

I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you…

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

When you're black in Hollywood, you know, your first role is going to be on a crime drama. That's - everybody knows that.

— Terry Crews

I like to work and there's no movies for actors, period, especially black actors. When white actors are like, 'Man, there's no work out…

— Marlon Wayans

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it…

— Tim Reid

I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to…

— Ava DuVernay