Accepting Quote by Zach Braff

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

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

Show business always tries to stereotype you, so that is something you have to fight against no matter who you are. A lot of…

— Judah Friedlander

People don't stereotype an actor anymore because they want to see them doing more content driven roles. I can do any role. I'm not…

— Ankita Lokhande

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 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

I believe that actors should be open to breaking stereotypes and television has now a lot to offer. So, being typecast is not my…

— Vatsal Sheth

If you put on a lousy production with white actors, it's lousy. There is a problem, or can be, at this stage of our…

— Howard Schultz

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

One of the things about being a minority actor is that you don't have that opportunity as some of your counterparts to keep that…

— Georg Stanford Brown

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before.

— Danny McBride

As an actor, I'm not really worried about being typecast.

— Dino Morea