Louis Gossett, Jr. Quotations

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.

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

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.

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

The Lord may not come when you want Him, but he's always going to be there on time.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.