21.   Even supporting roles in the new shows are scarce for black actors, and Hispanics and Asian-Americans fare no better.

22.   Everyone knows that most black actors are on the pay-no-mind list when it comes to getting A-list roles.

23.   Fishburne said many black actors and directors gravitated to HBO-NYC because of its readiness to tackle black subjects that were neither comic nor exploitative.

24.   For the title role, he picked Laurence Fishburne, the first black actor to ever portray Othello in a major motion picture.

25.   Gooding said he did the ads because Pepsi had never featured a black actor.

26.   He became the first black actor ever cast as a lead in a Stephen Sondheim musical.

27.   Have opportunities increased over recent years for black actors?

28.   He also said that a double-standard had been applied to films with black actors.

29.   He said that his difficulties were similar to those faced by many black actors.

30.   His first surprise was to cast a young black French actor, William Nadylam, as Rodrigue.