Black Quote by Sondra Locke

One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type.…

— David Oyelowo

I'm doing a film called 'Black Mass' where I play James Bulger. The reason to play him is obvious to me. He's a fascinating…

— Johnny Depp

By the time I finished 'Poison,' the New Queer Cinema was branded, and I was associated with this. In many ways, it formed me…

— Todd Haynes

In 'Poster Boys,' I played a character that no one would have thought that I could portray. The film helped me focus on work,…

— Bobby Deol

What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.

— Antony Sher

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

— Judd Nelson

When I played Candy Darling in 'I Shot Andy Warhol,' that was easy to play that part. They made me into a woman: I'm…

— Stephen Dorff

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

The Woman' came off the back of a film called 'Offspring' in which I played the same character.

— Pollyanna McIntosh

I wanted to be like Vivien Leigh in 'Gone With the Wind.' I wanted to have black hair, green eyes and break hearts.

— Terry Farrell

Films make me into some cheap turn...You bet they'll never let me play a part in a film where a Negro is on top.

— Paul Robeson

That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian princess, 20s vamp, Mother Courage, Oxford…

— Diana Quick