Actor Quote by J. August Richards

The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and…

— Tituss Burgess

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

— Stephan James

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

— Cassandra Clare

There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as…

— Adeel Akhtar

I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written 'normal,' which…

— Jesse Williams

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against…

— Gregory Hines

If you cast an all-white movie and it doesn't do well, no one will say it's because you had an all-white cast.

— Justin Lin

I've been on predominantly 'white' shows before, and I had also been on predominantly 'black' shows. I would complain that when I was on…

— Kenya Barris

Actors are a race.

— Mads Mikkelsen

Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great.

— Wesley Snipes

I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has…

— Joe Morton