Acting Quote by Yvonne Orji

I've been asked far too often, 'Can you be blacker?' I've gotten done with auditions and heard, 'We're not going to go black with…

— Frankie Faison

I know some actors don't want to see faces out there; they prefer to perform to a black wall. But I like knowing I'm…

— Adrian Lester

What directors of television drama constantly tell you is 'Don't act it. Don't try. Don't emphasise that word'. Whereas with someone like Blackadder, even…

— Rowan Atkinson

As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues.

— Kristin Davis

We are used to filmmakers telling us what it means to be black in America and we're always instructing it, like we're teaching a…

— Nia DaCosta

I've done a handful of voiceover and on-camera jobs where I've been asked to 'be blacker.' That's code for sassier, more ghetto, more neck…

— Nicole Byer

There's been an obvious shift in that it is now uncomfortable for a white actor to black up.

— Adrian Lester

I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.

— Whoopi Goldberg

I go to auditions even now and people say, 'Oh, she's too pretty,' or 'She doesn't look like a small-town girl or a girl…

— Camila Morrone

Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong,…

— Quvenzhane Wallis

She had put on make-up in a colour scheme that indicated she might be colourblind.

— Anonymous

The practice of pumping up before the scene, especially if you've got your shirt off, most actors will do that.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje