Black Quote by Joe Morton

It's hard to find black roles that are just whimsical and fun and colorful. And I think, in many ways, that can be just…

— Amandla Stenberg

It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted toward the niche…

— Amandla Stenberg

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.

— Candice Patton

I have lots of hopes for black actors in general, whether they be on TV or on stage or in movies, and that is…

— Joe Morton

My hope is to see people of color in roles that do not emphasize race. Often times when movies are centered around people of…

— Amandla Stenberg

The fact that there aren't an abundance of African-American males that are getting lead roles [and] that are getting roles that have prominence on…

— Michael B. Jordan

It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted towards the niche…

— Amandla Stenberg

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

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

My goal is to broaden and deepen the range of African-American characters on television, so I always try to show human beings.

— Andre Braugher

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

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