Bad Quote by Malik Yoba

I'm used to being the only black guy. I've seriously walked onstage, looked out in the audience, 15,000 people - and I'm the only…

— Darius Rucker

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

— Bernie Mac

Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.

— Stephen Sondheim

Many people early on actually thought I was a black performer!

— B. J. Thomas

You always want to be the person who doesn't need to be included, but it feels damn good to be among you people. My…

— Kelli O'Hara

Ninety percent of my roles, I've had to fight for. It's only a really small percentage of people who get handed roles. But that…

— Ruth Negga

I've always been lucky in casting. The trick in casting is to hire great people, and let them do what they do, don't interfere…

— Woody Allen

I've been really lucky with the shows that I've done and the diverse line-ups I've been included in.

— Adwoa Aboah

I think that everybody's worked on shows where you feel like maybe a divide has happened between the talent and the crew. Those are…

— Jessalyn Gilsig

One of the things about being a minority actor is that you don't have that opportunity as some of your counterparts to keep that…

— Georg Stanford Brown

I started going to castings a few years ago when people didn't know who I was. People forget about [that time] because they've seen…

— Gigi Hadid

It is challenging and hard not to accept all stereotypical roles that get thrown your way. For me, I've been really, really lucky because…

— Noureen DeWulf