Black Quote by Paul Mooney

African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career.…

— Lynn Nottage

“Never mind that it's not owned by a black person anymore. You can still learn a lot from BET. Primarily, you will learn that…

— Baratunde Thurston

Every black film feels like it's Tyler Perry, and that just needs to stop. But people seem to slowly be looking for what else…

— Issa Rae

The whole ridiculousness of black Hollywood - there is no black Hollywood. It's every man for himself.

— Janet Hubert

I see that they put every black man in the movies in a dress at some point in his career.

— Dave Chappelle

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act…

— Idris Elba

It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of the fact…

— Will Smith

A lot of the time, you see all this ambition from these black actors, and it's just pouring off the screen. Because they don't…

— Elvis Mitchell

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

One of the things about being a minority actor is that you don't have that opportunity as some of your counterparts to keep that…

— Georg Stanford Brown

If Adam Sandler does a bad movie, he doesn't bring down the whole white race. But if Tyler Perry does, it's like, 'See what…

— Kenya Barris

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