Groups Quote by Keegan-Michael Key

I was lucky to get into drama school and become a professional actor. No-one ever mentioned the colour of my skin. It's only when…

— David Harewood

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"

— Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

I think it doesn't matter, the color of your skin; it doesn't matter where you are from. It matters how you relate to people,…

— Matthew Heineman

The reason why I wanted to be an actor was to understand different people and cultures.

— Ishaan Khatter

I don’t think that actors are necessarily any more uncomfortable in their skin than anyone else. I suppose I feel more comfortable in my…

— Ben Whishaw

I certainly would never presume to play another race of a person. Diversity is important in Hollywood, and I would never want to feel…

— Scarlett Johansson

I started as an actor in the theater playing a lot of character parts, and suddenly, I found myself in this place where it…

— Robert Redford

I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I came to musical theatre from straight acting, and a lot of my friends have a real prejudice about musical theatre - one I…

— Bertie Carvel

In college, I didn't know whether to hang out with the black kids or the white kids, and then I found the theatre kids,…

— Courtney A. Kemp

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've played every comedy club and every theatre across the country for the last 25 years and seen a lot of audience members from…

— Lisa Lampanelli