John Amos Quotes

John Amos Biography

Nationality: American
Type: Actor

Born: December 27, 1939

John Amos Quotes #1

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

John Amos Quotes #2

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

John Amos

Tags: Struggle, Stereotype, Part

John Amos Quotes #3

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

John Amos

Tags: Seen, Large, Oil

John Amos Quotes #4

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

Tags: Good , Made, Wanted

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