Cinema Quote by Paul Robeson

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

If you're going to make black movies only about black people, that's as bad as white movies only about white people.

— Rita Moreno

I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money.

— Jason Patric

I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent.

— Michel Hazanavicius

Perhaps, despite my objections, the success of films like: 'The Help,' 'Django,' 'The Butler,' or '12 Years a Slave,' will further persuade Hollywood to…

— Joe Morton

I'm trying to break a lot of prejudices with my every film.

— Taapsee Pannu

I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play…

— Lenny Kravitz

I personally don't enjoy films that bring black people down. I find that a majority of the films that black people are starred in…

— Drake

I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't like the…

— Zoe Kravitz

There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box.…

— Eddie Murphy

Whenever I'm in a film that's from a perspective that is dominant within western culture... I'm always trying to prove myself. When it's from…

— Daniel Kaluuya

Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box.…

— Eddie Murphy