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‟ The two lines from 'Roots' that stick out to me are, 'You no more in Africa. You in America now,' and what I said after Kunta escaped: 'What is it like to be free, Kunta? It must be something.'
- Louis Gossett, Jr.
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‟ 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.
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‟ 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.
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‟ 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.
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‟ We are born with freedom and hope, but often that's dashed because of our color. But in school, I'd already been taught that no one could tell me that you can't do something because you're black.
- Louis Gossett, Jr.