42 Quotes by Louis Gossett, Jr.

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.

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.

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.'

One of my best friends while shooting 'Roots' was Vic Morrow, the guy that whips Kunta.

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.

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.

There are beautiful words in the Bible and in our pledges and the Declaration of Independence.

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.

Never made a million dollars from any of my 78 movies. People thought I had this fortune, which I never had.