A biography for Demond Wilsonhasn’t been written yet.
“I played the Apollo Theatre as a novelty act when I was about eight-nine-10. I'd stand in the wings in case some other act couldn't go on.”
“I can't be sure any more when I meet new people whether they want to be my friend because they like me or because they like being around a star. You get kind of paranoid about that.”
“I'm a Holy Ghost-filled, fire-baptized man.”
“God took me out of the world. He refined me and took my mind out of acting. I didn't have the desire to be in it anymore.”
“Vietnam makes your morale was very low.”
“My priorities are God, my family, my business and my craft.”
“Unlike a lot of actors in Hollywood who sit around a long time between jobs, I was lucky because for 10 years I was working all the time. Unfortunately, what I was doing was trash.”
“I went from sinner to saved by grace.”
“I was sitting out by my tennis court one day, and I looked up at my house, and it looked like a prison. All these things I had, they were such a burden. They were hanging on me like a yoke. My personal life was falling apart for no particular reason.”
“I don't go on auditions.”
“All in the Family' was such a mean-spirited show. There was no humanity there - just a bunch of people arguing about the issues of the day.”
“You think you can stray from the straight and narrow course the Lord has set for you and still get into heaven just by praying: 'Lord, you know in my heart I always believed in you.' Well, don't expect God to forgive you! Salvation is not free!”
“I like to present Blacks in the proper light.”
“Of course I'm concerned with my craft, but I'm first a businessman. What's wrong with that?”
“I'm a renaissance man, a man for all seasons.”
“If the Lord wants me to do a film, we're going to have to wrestle a while.”
“I could see myself standing in front of hundreds of people proclaiming the Gospel.”
“When I'm onto something, I don't like to do a haphazard job.”
“I was always a compassionate man.”
“I don't need people around me to be happy, and I don't need parties and large crowds, so I go home and stay there.”