Accept Quote by Ram Charan

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

I worked with James Orange and Hosea Williams as a teenager, and he's portrayed in the movie by Wendell Pierce. So, for me to…

— Omar Dorsey

As an actor of color, I was overlooked at every possible opportunity. I was given roles that were almost not roles. It was, like,…

— Simu Liu

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I debuted in a movie where I had a very heavy role. People did not accept me in that character.

— Zareen Khan

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 knew 'Transparent' and saw a few episodes of 'Orange is the New Black,' so I knew about the trans actor in that cast.…

— Sebastian Lelio

The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.

— Nicolas Cage

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

Because I sidestepped all the stereotypical roles, in a way I've made a career out of not being Asian - a lot of my…

— John Cho

My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during…

— Gabriel Mann

When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.

— Judd Nelson