John Amos Quotes

John Amos — American Actor born on December 27, 1939,

John A. Amos, Jr. is an American actor who played James Evans, Sr. on the 1970s television series Good Times. His television work includes roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the miniseries Roots, for which he received an Emmy nomination, and a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing. He also played the father of Will Smith's character's girlfriend, Lisa Wilkes, in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air... (wikipedia)

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.

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

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

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 Quotes

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