Roger Ross Williams Quotes

I want to be able to let people who aren't used to seeing a Santa of color say, 'Wow, there he is.' It's time for America to diversify.

We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.

A lack of diversity permeates our industry, and SAG-AFTRA as an organization is committed to effecting change.

It's a shame that ethnic minorities aren't getting a crack at different types of roles. There needs to be a bit of a change.

When you surround yourself with white people, you continue to hire white people, and when you make an effort to hire people of color, that does bring in different stories and different people.

The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry.

I'm seeing more and more people of color do what I do as showrunners, and that's so great. I would love to get to the point where we don't have to talk about it anymore.

I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really does want to make a difference.

There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad.

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.

I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.

There's a pure and simple business case for diversity: Companies that are more diverse are more successful.

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color.

I haven't done a great deal of it but this was a chance to do more and bring it to that part of the business and even more so, but the fact that it was a black superhero was really the catalyst to me.

We do have a black president, and that means a lot. People ask, 'What has he done?' What he's done is change the color up, which you see on the screen. When the head of the free world is black, there's got to be some sort of spin-off from it.

Films really can change a conversation and change someone's thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I think it's important for both the community but also the world to see people of color in all genres, especially love stories.

As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.

I'll be truly happy when we're not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception.

You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.

That's why the role that I have on 'Grey's Anatomy' is important to me, because it's a human being. He doesn't have to wear race on his sleeve; he doesn't even have to talk about it. We just lead by our actions.

You can't vote your hates; you've got to vote your hopes.

People want to see more diversity. That's why you have the Kevin Hart making $17 million dollars on a holiday weekend.

I would like to attract more minorities into the game. But it's extremely important that this golf look like - that golf look like America.

Diversity needs to operate on every level. It's great that the Oscars have highlighted it, but black actors getting nominated shouldn't be the only result. There's so much more that needs to be done.