This one is for the Elliots!

Rami Malek is an American actor with an Egyptian background. Lately he has become famous because of his very succesful role in the drama series Mr. Robot. In this little video he discusses the lack of diverse roles in Hollywood for actors with a different background, but how the film industry bases itself on stereotypes rather than the quality of an actor. He hopes with his leading role that changes are happening in Hollywood these days.

This next clip is  Rami Malek's accepting speech for winning an Emmy Award for his outstanding performance on Mr. Robot. In the previous clip he said the he hopes Hollywood is changing and growing to a more diversity-friendly environment. Winning this award is a huge step and he dedicates the award to all the Elliots (his main character on the show, a isolated and alienated character trying to find himself in this world) by saying: "I play a young man, who is like so many of us profoundly alienated and the unfortunate thing is how many of us would want to hang out with a guy like Elliot? But I want to honour the Elliots, because there's a little bit of Elliot in all of us."