Ability Quote by Oscar Micheaux

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them…

— Roger Ebert

There have been so few decent films involving Negroes that right away everybody expects every film to do everything. But when you make a…

— Jim Brown

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with two stars…

— Roger Ebert

86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars won't be…

— Russell Simmons

Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility.

— Walter Hill

Imagine a film such as Inception with an entire cast of black people – do you think it would be successful? Would people watch…

— Idris Elba

I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to…

— Ava DuVernay

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

— Tim Robbins

The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a…

— Jim Brown

I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back…

— Spike Lee

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

The fact that there aren't an abundance of African-American males that are getting lead roles [and] that are getting roles that have prominence on…

— Michael B. Jordan