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
actors standards
When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.
people black theater
I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.
mom brother dad
I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.
dad husband father
My father was the quintessential husband and dad.
writing quitting
I'm going to quit writing.
views race racism
I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.
two roles
I had two roles for which I compromised.
learners
I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.
stories story-of-my-life autobiography
My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
father men class
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
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.
race racism painful
Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.
easy jackie mines
Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.