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
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.
men america difficult
In America, it is difficult to be your own man.
florida racism
I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.
years understanding granddaughter
I want my great-granddaughter to have a fairly good understanding of the world in which I lived for 81 years and also the world before I came into it - all the way back a hundred thousand years, to the beginning of our species.
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.
novel
I don't very often read novels.
careers logic reason
If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.
pace walks unspoken
When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours.