Backgrounds Quote by Mario Lopez

Casting directors will often say that they are open to any ethnicity, but they're not.

— Lana Condor

People obsess about casting and representation, but really, all the real work is behind the camera. Casting an Asian American into a bad role…

— Ali Wong

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.

— Darren Aronofsky

I have always let the lack of Indian actors in the industry drive me, not hold me back. I remember an agent in L.A.…

— Archie Panjabi

There's racist casting, and there is normal casting. Normal casting, to me, is a process that strives for representation and, in many cases, strives…

— Shonda Rhimes

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

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

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

— Samantha Morton

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

It takes guts to see me differently. Some casting directors come up with the excuse and they don't see me differently. I just get…

— Dino Morea

After 'Homeland,' I was offered a lot of very authoritarian, square, angry boss types, but I wanted to do something different. Casting directors are…

— David Harewood

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