Casting Quote by Nicole Byer Download Open image “I had a casting director tell me to be blacker.” — Nicole Byer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Casting Cinema Director Had Me Tell
I've been asked far too often, 'Can you be blacker?' I've gotten done with auditions and heard, 'We're not going to go black with… — Frankie Faison Copy Share Image
I got into [acting] so late because of sports. And then when I was in grad school, I sort of got lulled into basically… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on… — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
When you're a Black actress, the box that we often get put in is so small. And me being a dark-skinned Black actress, the… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black. — Stephan James Copy Share Image
I've never, ever, in my entire life, been upset at a casting choice. — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a 'black actor,' I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. I'm very proud to be black, but I'm just as… — Shemar Moore Copy Share Image
I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against… — Gregory Hines Copy Share Image
You always see actors complaining about being typecast and ruining their career. Really, I don't see the point in complaining. If the only role… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where my race and gender are rarely pointed out. — Nicole Byer Copy Share Image
I search my name on Twitter because I don't want to miss the compliments, and I favorite the nice things people say about me… — Nicole Byer Copy Share Image
It's easier to cast yourself in something you've written because you know your voice. — Nicole Byer Copy Share Image
I was a server for a while, and I was a very bad one. So when people tipped me well, I felt like it… — Nicole Byer Copy Share Image
Improv is so freeing because there are no bounds; there's no safety net. You just say something and get an instant response. — Nicole Byer Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't let others… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
It would have been an interesting run if we hadn't gotten along! It was good casting, I suppose. — Dominic West Copy Share Image
So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next to shorter… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone went the polls and said, 'I am casting my vote to make sure that Wall Street has better chances to… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to… — Ernest Gold Copy Share Image
I spend a long time casting, but once I've cast a film there's a reason why I selected those people. So I'm hands-on in… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
AMC has a track record for finding actors who have been working actors but not names yet and casting them. — Mireille Enos Copy Share Image
I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be… — Pink Copy Share Image
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