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Sidney Poitier

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About Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his other accolades are two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he was ranked number 22 among the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars". Poitier was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of H…

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I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of sha…

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

So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a profess…

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

My father was very big on marriage.

History passes the final judgment.

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

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

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