Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by John Amos

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

John Allen Amos Jr. is an American actor known for his role as James Evans, Sr., on the CBS television series Good Times. Amos's other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and the role of Washington, D.C., Mayor Ethan Baker in the series The District. Amos has appeared on Broadway and in numerous films in his five-decade career. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. On film, he has played numerous supporting roles in movies such as The Beastmaster (1982), Coming to America (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990) and Coming 2 America (2021).

American - Actor | Born: December 27, 1939

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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

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

John Amos

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

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

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

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

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by John Amos

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