Character Quote by Ncuti Gatwa

No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make…

— Cary Elwes

There is an appetite for things that are different and a story with Black characters that's going to appeal to a lot of people.

— Cord Jefferson

There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if…

— Nicole Beharie

It's good to play something that's black and white, and a guy that sees right and wrong. I've never played a character like that.

— David Lyons

There are black men who are madly in love with white women. God bless them, if that's what works for them. I just hope…

— Nia Long

There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don't think anybody can understand how…

— Paterson Joseph

I used to think I saw life in blacks or whites, turns out I was more grey. It is extremely liberating to care for…

— Shweta Bachchan Nanda

Growing up, I didn't receive the representation that I wanted so badly. I was always looking out for black characters - black women -…

— Amandla Stenberg

As I came into myself as a young Black woman, I realized there's a whole type of person and human experience that is just…

— Nia DaCosta

I enjoy entering the viewpoint of characters who are as different from myself as I can get - children, elderly women, animals, a sexy…

— Scott Bradfield

I'm definitely drawn to stories about outsiders. Feeling like that myself as a gay black man, I often seek to give a voice to…

— Roger Ross Williams

I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world; there are…

— Darius McCrary