Casting directors Quote by Lana Condor

I've always made a point to play roles that aren't specified by their ethnicity.

— Jessica Henwick

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background

— Mario Lopez

Not only is there more content, but the producers are also focusing on characters rather than their ethnicities. I mean, when you go in…

— Karan Soni

I don't have an answer for why Hollywood still casts non-ethnic people for ethnic roles. It's something that has to change. Sometimes they'll write…

— Adam Beach

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 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

As soon as you start looking into roles which are specifically Asian, Black, or Latina, you start looking at stereotypes. That's the issue minority…

— Jessica Henwick

It's difficult because usually when they cast things, the main characters are Caucasian in absolutely almost every situation.

— Sandrine Holt

I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race…

— Naya Rivera

Any time you have people of different races in a movie that's about America, there's going to be a racial component.

— John Lee Hancock

Actors are a race.

— Mads Mikkelsen

Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen.

— Nicole Ari Parker