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
careers deeds way
A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.
mother two months
I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
thinking talking trying
Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I'm not talking about being AS GOOD as you. I hereby declare myself BETTER than you.
next-day next wanted
I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.
inspirational stars
I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.
color saws humans
I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
moving people black
I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.
better-than-you
You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.
positive responsibility reflection
So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.
life
I am the me I choose to be.
fathers-day dad fatherhood
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
listening moments genuine
Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.
persons
A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.
good-morning good-day morning-inspirational
To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.