Anthony Anderson Quotes

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

If I'm racist, don't think I would have directed shows like 'The Parkers' and 'The Wayans Brothers' or worked 41 episodes with Victoria Rowell on 'Diagnosis: Murder.'

I remember I was up for the role of Jim in 'Huck Finn,' and because I went to Harvard and Yale, they didn't think I would be able to play a slave. I said, 'Oh, please.' I had to go in there and prove to them that I wasn't too intelligent to play a slave.

I know people started suspecting whether I was a woman or a man. All the honour I earned - I lost.

I am a singer. You love me or hate me based on my music. If you are judging me based on my nationality and religion, you are a racist. This is very offensive. I cannot encourage that.

I do have certain people whom I want to work with. The kind of people I want to work with won't cast me on the basis of my hotness in the songs.

I want to write just as much as Kanye may have for whomever Kanye has written for.

I consider myself a product of Berry Gordy, but not a clone... He and I are always friends and colleagues, and I will always revere him as a mentor and boss. Though, of course, I'm always struggling for more equal footing.

I always maintained I'm a good simple boy from Punjab. Some chose not to believe me. Now the same people are happy to work with me.

Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be really miserable.

I've had nights where it's very obvious that I'm the good guy, but I'm still booed, and you can kind of make a checklist about reasons why they're booing me, and one of the evident ones is because of my name and where I'm from.

Players do not come out of the closet because they are afraid. We have to appear hard and strong, but we are afraid of what people will say about us. Of course, I have nothing against anyone. I respect everybody.

When you look a certain way, or you have a certain presence, people take someone else's word over yours.

You walk into a room and there's already judgment. You know, like football players can't act or you're going to come in and be stiff.

I was afraid of Sonya being defined by her sexuality because that's not fair to her. I don't want Sonya to be defined by who she loves.

It's hard sometimes because people don't take a model seriously in any sense. Unless she's taking a photo, that's as good as she is.

I feel like a celebrity is someone who sits and takes pictures with people 'cause they love themselves and how they look and how people look at them. But I just want to be regular and respected for my artistry because music doesn't necessarily have a face.

Racism is a perceptive error, and what you actually have to do is you have to get into spaces where you're meeting people and perceiving them as human beings and not as racial stereotypes and myths.

I can choose to be a serious musician, but the sex symbol part is not up to me.

I feel that I don't know anything, I don't know how to act, but I can surrender myself to a director I respect and love. I feel very lucky to be a part of their visions.

There are certainly better writers and directors than me, but I have worked very hard to earn credibility within the business as a quality writer and a good director.

My last name is good and bad. It's great from an opportunity standpoint. The bad news is that you're prejudged often.

That's why I make mixtapes. That's why I work with Don Cannon; that's why i work with Big Sean. Even though I don't rap, I got love and acceptance in that community, and that's something that I really take seriously and hold close to my heart.

We have to destroy stereotypes in people's minds that Belarus can be isolated or taught a lesson.

Since I worked with Prince, people assumed that I was black.