Actor Quote by Paterson Joseph

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.

— Candice Patton

I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black.

— Stephan James

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

— Jim Brown

I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not…

— Malachi Kirby

I will always pay tribute to, honor, uplift and be a part of Black storytelling, but I need to infiltrate and get in the…

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as…

— Adeel Akhtar

I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.

— Kat Graham

I have lots of hopes for black actors in general, whether they be on TV or on stage or in movies, and that is…

— Joe Morton

I want to put something on the screen that audiences have never seen black actors do before, roles that will widen views of who…

— Joe Morton

As an actor, you just like to be able to play as much range. I just want to be invisible. I want to be…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in…

— Isaiah Washington

If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I'll get a lot of work. Too many young actors, regardless of…

— Mario Van Peebles