Being Quote by Letitia Wright

I want to tell human stories not solely based on race. There are so many great actresses and actors that are out there, and…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

There has to be more opportunities for Asian or black actors.

— Adeel Akhtar

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

Why aren't there films being made that tell ethnically diverse stories? Or why is it so impossible to allow a person of color to…

— Teyonah Parris

I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream.…

— Malcolm D. Lee

I've been fortunate to work with some amazing Asian filmmakers in independent film.

— Ken Jeong

As an Asian guy, I would love to see a big blockbuster with Asian lead characters.

— Hiro Murai

It does feel like we get to just carte blanche create a superhero origin story for 2021, for this day and age, that is…

— Simu Liu

As long as I'm making something from my voice, from my perspective there will be Asian American content because I am the storyteller.

— Lulu Wang

I wanted to try to create characters that happen to be Asian but who are pretty different from those we generally see in our…

— Adrian Tomine

I think that a lot of actors of color have said that it's a wonderful thing to play a role that doesn't have a…

— Hong Chau

A lot of black actors will sit there and go, 'Every role is about being a gangster' - then they get an opportunity to…

— Ashley Walters