Friends Quote by Sean Baker

What's hurtful is when you have portrayals like, you know, when you have someone like Jared Leto who accepts an award for 'Dallas Buyers…

— Angelica Ross

Cisgender actors don't take trans roles out of malice. I think it's just failure to realize the context behind having cisgender people play transgender…

— Nicole Maines

There's an expectation of producers and writers and directors perhaps, that trans people only want to play trans.

— Rebecca Root

There are no trans roles, and if there are, they go to Jared Leto or Eddie Redmayne or Elle Fanning... Will there ever come…

— Hari Nef

That is the next step for out trans actors - to just be treated as actors and not 'trans actors.'

— Trace Lysette

If someone writes a stereotyped trans character, it's really harmful on a macro level in solidifying public perception of trans people because we're such…

— Patti Harrison

When we have trans actors play trans characters, people can look onscreen and say, 'OK, this is what trans is.'

— Nicole Maines

One of my closest friends is a trans man who is incredible. And a lot of my clients are trans women.

— Jonathan Van Ness

It's about time we had trans actors in trans roles.

— Rebecca Root

When I was young, I didn't see anyone who was trans like me anywhere in the movies.

— Yance Ford

It's tough advocating for trans visibility and not being pigeonholed as just a trans actress.

— Trace Lysette

So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we didn't get…

— Laverne Cox