42 Quotes by Louis Gossett, Jr.

My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.

I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school. I wanted to play ball; I'm going after a basketball scholarship and be a doctor. I got injured and my marks began to drop.

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.

I was president of the schools in junior high and high school, got a scholarship to New York University, played a little basketball, and was a celebrity.

I think more important than law is the hearts of people.

I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

If a role isn't different, it's not worth doing.

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.

It's presumptuous for us to think we are the only beings in the cosmos.