(6 quotes found)
“We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.”
Sidney Poitier
“If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't. The journey has been incredible from its beginning. So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.”
“Southern Gentleman.”
“[Smith said he, too, is pleased by the recognition of African-American actors. He noted that Poitier was the last man to win a best actor award] and that was 28 years ago. ... Lilies of the Field.”
“I'll always be chasing you, ... Glory.”
“My mother is a Bahamian. My father is a Bahamian, as am I, ... And all that I am, I've received from them and a country that has today given me the opportunities, and to my grandchildren, that I have never dreamt of.”
