Case Quote by Jayson Blair Download Open image “It's hard to say what role race really played in my case.” — Jayson Blair ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Case Cases Hard Played Race Racism Really Role Roles Say
I've always made a point to play roles that aren't specified by their ethnicity. — Jessica Henwick Copy Share Image
I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that. — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
I felt like I wasn't considered for minority or Caucasian male lead roles. There aren't really a lot of roles written for me, and… — Vincent Rodriguez III Copy Share Image
I've been extremely lucky in that I've been able to play roles that are not defined by their ethnicity. But that's not a common… — Jessica Henwick Copy Share Image
I can't compete for roles that require me to be Caucasian or African American, even if those characters really connect with me and intrigue… — Mena Massoud Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One thing that I've been very vocal about roles I take, and my representation has been very smart about, is that I didn't go… — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation. — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me? — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree. — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
I can't say anything other than the fact that I feel a range of emotions including guilt, shame, sadness, betrayal, freedom and appreciation for… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you. — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
Luckily, the bullet that hit my chest never got to me. It was stopped by a silver case I got for my brother's wedding. — James Doohan Copy Share Image
A lot of young guys coming up in this league, they're given the spotlight right away, depending on draft stature or whatever the case… — DeSean Jackson Copy Share Image
Apparently, there are all sorts of reasons why your hair might stop growing, including split ends, breakage and overuse of heated styling tools -… — Susanna Reid Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
In many traditions, hawks are sacred: Apollo's messengers for the Greeks, sun symbols for the ancient Egyptians and, in the case of the Lakota… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
Most of black America is in housing projects, without jobs, living on welfare. And this is not the case in 'The Cosby Show,' because… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
The rules and principles of case law have never been treated as final truths but as working hypotheses, continually retested in those great laboratories… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
If I don't think something's worth saying, I don't think it's quite there, I'd rather just not say it, to be honest. In that… — Hozier Copy Share Image
