Actresses Quote by Selita Ebanks

I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give me a…

— Eric McCormack

When you're a Black actress, the box that we often get put in is so small. And me being a dark-skinned Black actress, the…

— KiKi Layne

The acting world is tough. It's competitive - and even more so for women - but actually, for black female actresses, the issue isn't…

— Michaela Coel

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as…

— Rachel True

You want to be able to really tackle a character and make it a fully-dimensional human being who is complicated, funny, and all the…

— Viola Davis

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.

— Candice Patton

I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as…

— D. B. Sweeney

I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.

— Kat Graham

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with…

— Richard Masur

I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their…

— Kimberly Elise

It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted toward the niche…

— Amandla Stenberg

As black women, we're miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major blockbuster films.

— Teyonah Parris