Awful Quote by Richard Widmark

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against…

— Gregory Hines

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life.…

— Lee Grant

I certainly would never presume to play another race of a person. Diversity is important in Hollywood, and I would never want to feel…

— Scarlett Johansson

You absolutely feel, as a black actress, that you've got to ride the wave because there's just so few roles. I hate to play…

— Viola Davis

I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has…

— Joe Morton

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

— Tracey Ullman

It's nice to play a character who's written as a mixed race character and is not a drug addict.

— Howard Charles

I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we…

— Sanaa Lathan

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

It's good to play something that's black and white, and a guy that sees right and wrong. I've never played a character like that.

— David Lyons

It was a fun film. I had a great time doing it. I was looking for a role just like that for my first…

— Luke Perry

I played a really good guy for two years on 'Homeland,' and I was champing at the bit to play a bad guy.

— Diego Klattenhoff