“I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.”
Leslie William Nielsen

“A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar.”
Eddie Murphy - Kit Ramsey

“In dealing with borders, boundaries, the mixing of languages and cultures today, I am trying to seek a new humanism, a new way.”
Theo Angelopoulos

“Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.”
Mahershala Ali

“Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.”
Idris Elba