I am so grateful that the public has given me this gift. They look at me as a person – not as a race or a color. The word for it is freedom – to be accepted as me. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
My father’s best friend, Georgie Terra, was an Italian guy. The children and the cousins and nieces and nephews were children of the Mafia. Those were the children he grew up with. If you want to go to a safe neighborhood, go to where the Mafia is. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
I was always told that I’d have to do a movie with a white guy in order to get the money. That’s the way it was. That made me feel that I should have chosen some other profession, so I could have gotten my just deserts. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
One of my best friends while shooting ‘Roots’ was Vic Morrow, the guy that whips Kunta. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
The Lord may not come when you want Him, but he’s always going to be there on time. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on a daily basis that it is honed and deeply spiritual… I want to believe that the audience believes that my acting comes from this special place. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
George Clooney and Brad Pitt, with those ‘Oceans’ films they do, they get to work together, make a whole lot of money, and make a major film statement. Imagine if once a year, myself, Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, James Earl Jones, we did some relevant film together to make a statement. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
One of the most fascinating projects I worked on right after ‘Officer’ was ‘Sadat,’ a role for which Anwar Sadat’s widow, Jehan, personally chose me. Although this TV miniseries won me nominations for the Golden Globe and an Emmy, strangely, it was boycotted in the Middle East. Louis Gossett, Jr. Read Quote
