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
views race racism
I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.
thinking compliment enormous
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
improving
I defend myself by improving myself.
three minutes understood
I cannot be understood in three minutes.
moments
I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
men thinking body
In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.
pain expectations suffering
We suffer pain, we hang tight to hope, we nurture expectations, we are plagued occasionally by fears, we are haunted by defeats and unrealized hopes . . . The hoplessness of which I speak is not limited.
real exercise games
Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.
fashion rebellion form
Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.
mother force remarkable
I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.
love perfection suffering
We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.
determined randomness seems
So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.
ive-learned outlets
I"ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.
years catholic dying
I would like to grow less afraid of dying. I am infinitely less afraid today than I was 15 or 25 years ago. I was most afraid of dying when I was 33, because I come from a Catholic family.