Racial Casting Quotes

I had a niche. And my niche was that I was brown. So it's like, 'Great, I get to go up for all these 'brown parts.'' I call them 'brown parts' because that's what they are. That's not to be resentful, because I loved playing those parts - I got to meet so many cool actors.

"Legally Blonde 2" wasn't written specifically for a black woman.

Transgender casting is a kind of literalism. It is the same with racial casting. This means that you can now only play Othello if you are black. There is something quite tainted about it. It is a form of racism in itself.

Parts for Asians are hard enough to get, and if Tee, which sounds kind of generically Asian, helps me get roles, so be it.

Even in the days when they did Othello, you didn't necessarily have to be black to play Othello. You wore the makeup.

People in the industry thought it was laughable that I should be going up for things that didn't clearly state what race the part was intended for.

I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I don't look Latino enough.