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
country dreamt father given mother received today
My mother is a Bahamian. My father is a Bahamian, as am I, ... And all that I am, I've received from them and a country that has today given me the opportunities, and to my grandchildren, that I have never dreamt of.
mother father men
My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.
mother religious believe
I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.
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.
mother father be-kind
My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.
mother two months
I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
came morning next port saw tall
The next morning we came into the port at Miami. I saw the buildings. For me they were tall, tall buildings; there was nothing like them in Nassau.
anxious life quite start time
I've had it all my life and when it can time for me to start a family, I was quite anxious to do so.
screen
If the screen does not make room for me in the structure of their screenplay, I'll step out. I'll step back. I'd step back. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it.
I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.
few good
If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.
almost blacks consciousness infected job perception reflective
Almost all the job opportunities were reflective of the stereotypical perception of blacks that had infected the whole consciousness of the country.
learned places questioned quickly quite various wandered
I learned quite quickly that there were places I couldn't go, that I would be questioned if I wandered into various neighborhoods.
children father son
As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.