Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE, is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author and diplomat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 February 1927
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
hair teeth belts
Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth.
attitude order cosmos
I have a kind of respect-- a worshipful attitude, even-- for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons...
race racism painful
Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.
easy jackie mines
Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
dad integrity men
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
journey incredibles has-beens
The journey has been incredible from its beginning.
father men class
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
weapons wanted
Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.
oneness anxious after-death
If you are anxious about death, then you don't have a sense of the oneness of things-you feel that after death, you will be no more.
men parent dear-god
As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.
stories story-of-my-life autobiography
My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
numbers return directors
An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.
two roles
I had two roles for which I compromised.
learners
I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.