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Louis Gossett, Jr.
Profession : Actor
Birth : May 27, 1936
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'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.
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.
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.
Working on the ABC movie 'Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige,'' which we filmed in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was a special pleasure, particularly because I'd played baseball in high school.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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.
Sometimes I believe that the reason I have been able to do such exemplary work on the screen is because this is the only place I can be free, neither censured nor judged.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Some Marine units actually use 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in their training programs.
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.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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.
One of my best friends while shooting 'Roots' was Vic Morrow, the guy that whips Kunta.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Never made a million dollars from any of my 78 movies. People thought I had this fortune, which I never had.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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.
After the Academy Award, well, I was left with a lot of time on my hands. I thought I'd get a lot of offers - and they didn't come.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
I had an Oscar, an Emmy, and yet I had this big hole in my soul.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
When '12 Years a Slave' got that much attention, everyone started to copy that. That story has to be told, but there are a lot more stories to be told than slavery.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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.
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