Demond Wilson Quotes

Demond Wilson

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 13, 1946

God took me out of the world. He refined me and took my mind out of acting. I didn't have the desire to be in it anymore.

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If the Lord wants me to do a film, we're going to have to wrestle a while.

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I was sitting out by my tennis court one day, and I looked up at my house, and it looked like a prison. All these things I had, they were such a burden. They were hanging on me like a yoke. My personal life was falling apart for no particular reason.

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Unlike most black entertainers, Redd never forgot where he came from.

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All in the Family' was such a mean-spirited show. There was no humanity there - just a bunch of people arguing about the issues of the day.

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Sanford and Son' transcended politics and race. It was a show about a son and a father who have a love-hate relationship but yet need one another to get by in life.

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I'm a renaissance man, a man for all seasons.

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I could see myself standing in front of hundreds of people proclaiming the Gospel.

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I'm a champion of the underdog.

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You think you can stray from the straight and narrow course the Lord has set for you and still get into heaven just by praying: 'Lord, you know in my heart I always believed in you.' Well, don't expect God to forgive you! Salvation is not free!

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Unlike a lot of actors in Hollywood who sit around a long time between jobs, I was lucky because for 10 years I was working all the time. Unfortunately, what I was doing was trash.

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I was raised a Catholic, was an altar boy, and at 14 I seriously considered becoming a priest.

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I had no friends in Hollywood, just associates from work.

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When I stand up and minister, I can minister until I turn into a puddle of perspiration and the spirit of God will just renew me.

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I went from sinner to saved by grace.

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I don't go on auditions.

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I don't think Trump is scary.

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If they only knew - I'm talking about John Q. Public - if they only knew the hearts of these senators and congressmen, then Trump would seem like the Pope.

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People ask me to tell a joke or entertain at a benefit or something, and they are really surprised when I tell them that's not my line.

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Redd is a comedian and one of the greatest in the business.

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