American - Actor | May 27, 1936 -
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.
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If a role isn't different, it's not worth doing.
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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.
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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.
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I was at Woodstock. In the mud.
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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.
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You have a bout with death, things that touch your mortality, when that happens, all that bling-bling gets thrown away because all you've got is you and God.
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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.
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My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.
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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.
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I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.
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I think more important than law is the hearts of people.
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