Quote by Neil Gaiman

It's hard to find black roles that are just whimsical and fun and colorful. And I think, in many ways, that can be just…

— Amandla Stenberg

There were not a lot of roles for a black man like myself that were different. Then 'Top Boy' came. I read the script…

— Ashley Walters

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

I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

— Christopher Priest

There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

— James Earl Jones

It's very rare that Black actors get an opportunity to do period pieces and to have a breadth of characters to choose from in…

— Malik Yoba

We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have…

— Don Cheadle

In sci-fi, the Black guys always die. So, it's extremely important to bring African-American characters to the genre and not have them killed.

— Jonathan Majors

For whatever reason, gay characters, or characters that deal with sexuality issues, who are black, in 'black films'... are typically not dealt with with…

— Justin Simien

There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black…

— Anonymous

At some point, all black movies became biopics. All the good, serious ones became biopics. 'Ray,' 'Ali'... those types of movies, those are the…

— Martine Syms

A black character is much more than just a black character; he's a character, period. So show the world as it is. Even with…

— Raoul Peck