Sidney Poitier Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“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.”

“My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.”

“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.”

“So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.”

“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.”

“In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.”

“I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.”