When we look at each other, we’re the same family. You don’t have to see black or Latino – we’re one family. That’s America. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
One family, one nation, indivisible. That mentality is essential for our salvation. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
The only time I was really free was when the director said ‘Action’ in front of a camera or on the stage, and that’s when I flew. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
The two lines from ‘Roots’ that stick out to me are, ‘You no more in Africa. You in America now,’ and what I said after Kunta escaped: ‘What is it like to be free, Kunta? It must be something.’ Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
There’s really nothing like a live audience right there. When you’re in a bad show, you can hear the creaks in the chairs. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
We started the family Bible after slavery was abolished. My great-grandmother remembered the Bible being started, which meant that she was a slave as a young girl. When she died, the Bible was at least 105 years old, so she must have been nearly 115 years old. Her daughter, my grandmother, died at 97, and her husband at 98. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
You never know when what you do in the arts means something to people, and you never really know if you’ve been received well. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
There are beautiful words in the Bible and in our pledges and the Declaration of Independence. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
I think God asks us to promise to replenish the planet and to pay 100% attention to our young so that they will develop character and a good conscience. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
Never made a million dollars from any of my 78 movies. People thought I had this fortune, which I never had. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
