Contemporary Quote by Karina Longworth

There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about…

— Patricia Clarkson

It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices; I don't mean Black and White; I mean people automatically assume because a…

— Romany Malco

We haven't done enough work to encourage minorities to strive to make movies. Hollywood is a place full of white male directors - there…

— Jordan Peele

Every time I watch a history of cinema - or a documentary on film - it will show eleven men talking about movies that…

— Kelly Reichardt

There's drama in everything. That's why I love movies. Like 'Welcome to the Dollhouse.' I'm a 350-pound black man, and I could understand what…

— Terry Crews

There are advances in technology and enabling voices, but there are issues with the stories themselves. I think people of color are still not…

— Charles Burnett

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

We usually center our narratives that come out of Hollywood from a white male center.

— Misha Green

Sometimes you can't fight change, because you're a part of it, and I feel that in the context of these films that are happening…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.

— Bill Condon

The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're not issues…

— Cate Blanchett

I do think there's not enough film history being taught and appreciated. Maybe it's being taught, but I've heard from professors that young kids…

— Thelma Schoonmaker