Sidney Poitier : (5)

" 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. " - Sidney Poitier

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

" I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me. " - Sidney Poitier

" I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before. " - Sidney Poitier

" 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. " - Sidney Poitier