Actor Quote by Phillipa Soo

In 'Hamilton,' we're telling the stories of old, dead white men, but we're using actors of color, and that makes the story more immediate…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

Great actors - it's got nothing to do with colour.

— Ray Fearon

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

— Stephan James

I was lucky to get into drama school and become a professional actor. No-one ever mentioned the colour of my skin. It's only when…

— David Harewood

Actors have no color. That's the art form.

— Whoopi Goldberg

I think with 'Hamilton,' Lin-Manuel has really blown up the whole casting idea. It's miraculous. You look at '1776,' it's a bunch of old…

— Donna Lynne Champlin

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.

— Viola Davis

The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and…

— Tituss Burgess

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

As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to…

— Daniel Sunjata

I think I am the first person of color to direct a major white play on Broadway. In 1993? That's astounding to me. And…

— George C. Wolfe

I've always considered myself a person of color.

— Kali Uchis