I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on.

- Gary Coleman

Politics is never about the people. It's about money. And wars. And how many heads you can step on and bodies you can step over. And I'm just not that kind of person.

- Gary Coleman

I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.

- Gary Coleman

I can't sit back and swallow stuff. I live in a time and place, and in a country on earth where you're not supposed to swallow it. People just gave up.

- Gary Coleman

Television is fun, but it's hard, and if it gets too crazy I may just do it as a part-time thing.

- Gary Coleman

I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy.

- Gary Coleman

I suffer a little bit from Napoleonism, if you will.

- Gary Coleman

I never got the opportunity to be romantic or feel romantic with anyone.

- Gary Coleman

I may like L.A., but I want to know when the seasons are.

- Gary Coleman

I liked 'Diff'rent Strokes' up until about the last three or four years. I was bored.

- Gary Coleman

I like to work.

- Gary Coleman

I parody myself every chance I get. I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I'm a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I'm not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn't exist.

- Gary Coleman

I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans.

- Gary Coleman

Star Wars was magnificent, but you could tell Darth Vader's ships were glued together.

- Gary Coleman

I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.

- Gary Coleman

I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.

- Gary Coleman

I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition.

- Gary Coleman

I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.

- Gary Coleman

My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.

- Gary Coleman

I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.

- Gary Coleman