“It's great to know that young black girls are seeing themselves on TV as leading ladies, and I'm part of that. It's just such an honor.” KnowsYoungGirlBlackSeeingTvsHonorBlack GirlLeading Ladies Author:Candice Patton
“I didn't like what was on TV in terms of sitcomsit had nothing to do with the color of themI just didn't like any of them. I saw little kids, let's say 6 or 7 years old, white kids, black kids. And the way they were addressing the father or the mother, the writers had turned things around, so the little children were smarter than the parent or the caregiver. They were just not funny to me. I felt that it was manipulative and the audience was looking at something that had no responsibility to the family.” WayYearsChildrenLittlesKidsMotherFatherFeltParentBlackTermWhiteResponsibilityAudienceSawsColorTvsSmarterLittle KidSitcomManipulativeCaregivers Author:Bill Cosby
“I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what is going on, and to understand the connection between the news media and the instruments of repression in Amerika. All I have is my voice, my spirit and the will to tell the truth. But I sincerely ask, those of you in the Black media, those of you in the progressive media, those of you who believe in true freedom, to publish this statement and to let people know what is happening. We have no voice, so you must be the voice of the voiceless.” PeopleKnowsNeedsFeelsBelieveSpiritAsksBlackVoiceMediaTvsNewsHappeningsConnectionsInstrumentsRadioNewspapersStatementsEducatedTelling The TruthStationsProgressivePublishSincerelyRepressionTrue FreedomRadio StationsNews MediaVoiceless Author:Assata Shakur
“As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in television, I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.” WholeFilmBlackRolesTvsBritishActressesSpectrumBritish Film Author:Sophie Okonedo
“My favorite TV shows are Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Modern Family, and Veep.” ShowsHouseBlackModernTvsMy FavoriteCardsTv ShowsOrangeHouse Of CardsModern FamilyFavorite Tv Shows Author:Danai Gurira
“A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.” FilmUsedBlackWhiteColorTvsVersionsBlack And White Author:Noah Baumbach
“The future of America may or may not bring forth a black President, a woman President, a Jewish President, but it most certainly always will have a suburban President. A President whose senses have been defined by the suburbs, where lakes and public baths mutate into back yards and freeways, where walking means driving, where talking means telephoning, where watching means TV, and where living means real, imitation life.” MayMeanHas BeensRealAmericaBlackPresidentTalkingTvsWalkingDrivingSensesDefinedLakesImitationYardsBathsSuburbsFreewaysFuture Of America Author:Arthur Kroker
“The great thing about the moon landing is that my grandmother got the first color TV in order to be able to see the moon landing that was in black and white.” FirstsAbleOrderBlackWhiteColorTvsMoonGreat ThingsGrandmotherBlack And WhiteMy GrandmotherLandingMoon Landing Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a black hole for actors. Now, television has a certain cache. Now everybody wants to be on TV because they're doing adult dramas. If you're an actor, it's like, "Well, get me on television," because it's the only place you can do it and also make a living at it. If my kids need shoes, I better do a TV show because I damn sure don't make any money with independent films.” IfsWantNeedsWellsShowsKidsFilmCertainActorsBlackCan DoTelevisionTvsDramaAdultsIndependentShoesHolesDamnTv ShowsYou Can Do ItIndependent FilmBlack HoleCache Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“If you want a show to succeed, you're going to have to have a certain amount of people watch who are non-black and non-Latino. If you can't cross over, you don't belong on TV. That's not just me saying it. That's just the way it is.” PeopleIfsWayWantShowsCertainBlackWatchesTvsAmountSucceedCrossesOver YouLatino Author:George Lopez
“I'm old enough to remember when there were no black quarterbacks - there were no blacks on TV. I hope my son or daughter doesn't have to be as fixated on race as I am, because he or she will grow up in freer times.” EnoughRememberGrowsBlackRaceGrowing UpSonTvsDaughterMy SonRemember WhenQuarterback Author:Chris Rock
“When you see a black guy on TV, he's always a thug or always portrayed as someone that's in trouble. It spreads the message to everyone else that that's who we are. People often don't try to understand black men as a whole. We're creative, strong and influential.” PeopleMenTryingWholeGuyStrongBlackCreativeTroubleTvsMessagesSpreadWho We AreInfluentialThugBlack Guys Author:Thomas Jones
“I barely read. I'm not a good reader at all. Rather than reading, I used to sit in front of the TV and watch black-and-white cowboy movies. I'm a painfully slow reader. It's really bad as an actor, because you have to read a lot of scripts. It takes me like an average of three hours to read a script, which is pretty poor.” UsedThreeReadingActorsBlackHoursWhitePoorWatchesFrontsTvsReaderAverageScriptsTake MeBlack And WhiteCowboyCowboy Movie Author:Will Poulter
“I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too. Some Latino poets who barely speak English and Asian poets who can't believe how discriminated against they are. It was luck nad being in the right place. I wasn't saying nothing somebody else wasn't saying but they wouldn't hear it from them.” MenWantBelieveMadeSaidSpeakBlackStagePoetTvsLuckBunchMade ItThey SaidUnlikelyAsianLatinoRight PlaceSpeak EnglishSaying Nothing Author:Russell Simmons
“I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.” PeopleBlackWhiteColorTvsBlack And WhiteAdvent Author:Damian Loeb
“I decided to become an actor at five. I saw the most gorgeous woman that I had ever seen in my five years of living on television. She had on a long, red dress and her eyelashes looked like butterflies and I said, "Grandmamma, who is that?" She said, "Baby, that's Lola Falana." I said, "That's it right there. I want to be black, fabulous, and on TV."” WantYearsLongSaidActorsBlackFiveSawsTelevisionTvsBabyRedDecidedDressesFive YearsButterflyFabulousGorgeousLiving OnEyelashesLike A ButterflyGorgeous Women Author:Niecy Nash
“When you look at me you don't immediately imagine a very very glamorous icon, so it's only in the theater that I get to do these experiments. I've been an actor about 51 years now. I've played everything from an 8-year-old black boy to a 72-year-old French matriarch, and they hardly hire you to do that on TV.” YearsLooksActorsBlackBoysImagineTvsTheaterExperimentsLook At MeIconsGlamorousBlack BoyMatriarchs Author:Tyne Daly
“Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.” MeanHas BeensShowsBlackWhiteTvsBlack And WhiteTv ShowsParody Author:Dan Aykroyd