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. More Quotes by Louis Gossett, Jr. More Quotes From Louis Gossett, Jr. The worst resentment that anybody can have is one you feel justified to keep. Louis Gossett, Jr. resentmentjustifiedworst 'Avatar' was gorgeous. There are good stories in there, but when used in other movies they're similar to those violent video games. Characters using deadly weapons. The children follow these movies. Louis Gossett, Jr. gamescharacterchildren We need to do whatever it takes to get our children together and pay attention to them, because that's our future. What's in the hearts and minds of our children is what's in our future. Louis Gossett, Jr. mindheartchildren I can do more than anyone suspects. I pride myself on my versatility. It took 32 years of difficult parts, second leads, villains and juveniles. The Oscar changed the quality of the roles I was being offered. Louis Gossett, Jr. qualityprideyears The Lord may not come when you want Him, but he's always going to be there on time. Louis Gossett, Jr. want-himwantmay I'm cancer-free. And I'm on antioxidants and acupuncture and a different diet. And I have a different outlook on life. I don't have resentment any more. It's wonderful. Louis Gossett, Jr. acupuncturecanceroutlook-on-life I think more important than law is the hearts of people. Louis Gossett, Jr. lawheartthinking My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household. Louis Gossett, Jr. grew-upitalianfather When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it. Louis Gossett, Jr. roleslooksthinking I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp. Louis Gossett, Jr. rookiesnew-yorkplay 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. cousinfatherchildren One family, one nation, indivisible. That mentality is essential for our salvation. Louis Gossett, Jr. nationmentalitysalvationfamily I was down in Wilmington, Delaware, doing 'The Desk Set' with Shirley Booth. I was at the DuPont Hotel. I walked out, and there was this grill next door called the New England Grill. I loved seafood. They said very nicely, 'We don't serve colored people.' Louis Gossett, Jr. doorloveddownpeople There are beautiful words in the Bible and in our pledges and the Declaration of Independence. Louis Gossett, Jr. wordsindependencebiblebeautiful I grew up with all my cousins. The men worked, and the older women raised us - my mother, my aunt, my grandmother. My great-grandmother was the matriarch, and sometimes there were 30 of us. Louis Gossett, Jr. womenmothersometimesmen If a role isn't different, it's not worth doing. Louis Gossett, Jr. roleworthdoingdifferent 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. Louis Gossett, Jr. doctorknowhigh-schoolschool 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. Louis Gossett, Jr. newhigh-schoolbasketballschool I was at Woodstock. In the mud. Louis Gossett, Jr. woodstockmud 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. feelmemoneywhite
