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
dad integrity men
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
journey incredibles has-beens
The journey has been incredible from its beginning.
attitude order cosmos
I have a kind of respect-- a worshipful attitude, even-- for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons...
numbers return directors
An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.
glory chasing
I'll always be chasing you... Glory.
player eight scripts
I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.
photographer sometimes
I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.
who-i-am
So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.
legends jackie
Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
finals judgment
History passes the final judgment
journey long kind
So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.
nature numbers compromise
Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.
views land other-worlds
But perhaps more important, as someone wishing to make a comment or two about contemporary life and values, I don't have to dig through libraries or travel to exotic lands to arrive at a view of our modern situation refracted through the lens of the preindustrial world, or the uncommercialized, unfranchised, perhaps unsanitized-and therefore supposedly more "authentic"-perspective ofthe Third World. Very simply, this is because that "other" world, as alien as if separated by centuries in time, is the one from which I came
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.