John Amos Quotes & Sayings

It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype. — John Amos

To teach means scarcely anything more than to show how things differ from one another in their different purposes, forms, and origins ... Therefore, he who differentiates well teaches well. — John Amos

I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico. — John Amos

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer. — John Amos

They killed my character off and as God would have it, just when they told me I would never work again, I got cast in a little program called Roots, and as they would say, the rest is history. — John Amos

I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a good boy ... but I'd rather be in Roots than Good Times. — John Amos