Actor Quote by Shemar Moore

I don't see myself as a 'black actor,' I'm just Shemar Moore the actor.

— Shemar Moore

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

— Stephan James

It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of the fact…

— Will Smith

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

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 believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not…

— Malachi Kirby

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

It's like one of the best things that can ever happen to you as an actor: to have your story reach people, even if…

— Jay Ellis

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

I don't like the term 'black film,' and I am proud to be black.

— Rick Famuyiwa

I have lots of hopes for black actors in general, whether they be on TV or on stage or in movies, and that is…

— Joe Morton

I had a casting director tell me to be blacker.

— Nicole Byer