Sidney Poitier quotes - page 3

Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, and ambassador, recognized as a trailblazer in Hollywood. His performances broke racial barriers and paved the way for greater diversity in the film industry. He inspired generations with his dignity, talent, and commitment to social change. Here are 77 of his quotes:

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing. (Sidney Poitier)

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.

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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.

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I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.

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The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.

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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.

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When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.

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I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

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I cannot be understood in three minutes.

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I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

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Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth. (Sidney Poitier)

Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.

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I had two roles for which I compromised.

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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.

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I'm going to quit writing.

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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.

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An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

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My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

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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.

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I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.

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I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. (Sidney Poitier)

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.

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I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

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I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

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My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

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Sidney Poitier

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Occupation: American Actor
Born: February 20, 1927
Died: January 6, 2022
Quotes count: 77
Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier

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