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
selfish insecure way
Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.
letting-go reality self
If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.
self flames trying
I've learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. There is a certain anger: it reaches such intensity that to express it fully would require homicidal rage--self destructive, destroy the world rage--and its flame burns because the world is so unjust. I have to try to find a way to channel that anger to the positive, and the highest positive is forgiveness.
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.
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.
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.
children men apologizing
If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.
people miami
I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.