African american Quote by Mena Massoud

I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that.

— Naomie Harris

I have been extremely proactive in putting myself up for characters that may have been meant to specifically be Caucasian. You bring an interesting…

— Archie Panjabi

I felt like I wasn't considered for minority or Caucasian male lead roles. There aren't really a lot of roles written for me, and…

— Vincent Rodriguez III

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

I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written 'normal,' which…

— Jesse Williams

I have friends, African-American actors, who've had more of a struggle; hopefully they're starting to see some air and light now. But in my…

— Forest Whitaker

I'd go for roles that would say 'for all ethnicities,' but what they're pretty much saying is, 'We want a Caucasian guy or a…

— Bronson Pelletier

I'm black and white, so either, sometimes, you're not considered by the breakdown of the script: you're not 'black enough' for this role. Or…

— Vanessa Morgan

I was very conscious of race as I was writing. I was lucky to have spent real time in Portuguese Africa, but I am…

— Jon Weisman

Because I sidestepped all the stereotypical roles, in a way I've made a career out of not being Asian - a lot of my…

— John Cho

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

— Tracey Ullman

What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?

— Jim Brown