Kim Fields Quotes

Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.

We're all complaining about diversity in Hollywood, but we've got to address the colorism within the black community of Hollywood first.

We've heard the excuses from those responsible for hiring that they don't want to take a chance on a new director. But the truth is that the industry hires new directors all the time; it's just that most of them are white males.

Fault lines run along color lines in American public life, and the women's movement is no exception. Over the years, feminism has become more inclusive but there is still hard work to be done to include LGBT women and communities of color.

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

I've been fortunate in my career, but, yes, there have been many times when I have been told my audition has been cancelled because they're only going to see white people.

Historically, people of color and the Diaspora have been at the bottom of the barrel, even as it relates to immigration. If we don't engage in the discussion, then what is it that we're saying to people? That we don't care?

When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself.

The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

There's a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.

The lamest excuse that I get incessantly is, 'Oh, we're not going ethnic with that role,' so I can't go in for it, or I can't get the part, which is really stupid, because, in today's world, people look different.

We need a more substantive conversation around race relations and the way people of color are treated.

Young Black actresses were not necessarily given the space in Hollywood to fully see ourselves.

The sad reality of it is, as black artists in the industry, we still have to work 10 times harder to get our voices out there.

We need to intentionally invest in health, in home ownership, in entrepreneurship, in access to democracy, in economic empowerment. If we don't do these things, we shouldn't be surprised that racial inequality persists because inequalities compound.

To not see black or Latina women as famous in my industry is crazy! I have to talk about it.

A lot of my friends who are white are like, 'Dude, I can't get an audition; it's all Hispanic and black.' It's about time.

A lot of the time, you see all this ambition from these black actors, and it's just pouring off the screen. Because they don't often get a chance to work, and when they do, they don't usually get a chance to work with other black people.

To pretend like Hollywood is anything other than that is disingenuous. #OscarsSoWhite is trendy, but for women filmmakers and filmmakers of color, it's not a trend. This is our reality, and it's important that we do something to change it.

Fashion week is not an episode of 'Girls' or 'Friends,' where I'm OK that there is not a black person in sight because I honestly believe these characters don't come into contact with - therefore don't have - any black friends. No, in the case of Fashion week, it feels wrong.

Changing the dialogue and behaviors around race and equality in sports starts with removing barriers and creating opportunities.

It's rare to see a person of colour in a lead role. It does matter to a lot of people.

I think I am the first person of color to direct a major white play on Broadway. In 1993? That's astounding to me. And horrifying to me.

I knew nothing of American History because I didn't pay attention to American History in school. Because I did not see myself in American History in school.

We must formulate policies to allow everyone to have the same opportunities in life and fix our broken society too.