Black Quote by Yara Shahidi

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

People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to be lucky…

— Amandla Stenberg

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

The thing that disturbs me the most, being in England, is that on the screen we don't see very many of us - there…

— Cynthia Erivo

American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I…

— Carice van Houten

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

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

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

Not all my work features black actors. I mean, it's funny: someone was reading back to me all the languages that have appeared in…

— Barry Jenkins

The roles that I feel I get, or handed to me, or whatever, are not that interesting. I don't think it's a problem that's…

— Aunjanue Ellis

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

There still aren't enough[ roles for women of color]. And I'd say that's the case, not only for African-American women, but for all women…

— Jada Pinkett Smith