Sidney Poitier

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. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#i #images #knew #me #movie

I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#like #me #photographers #pictures #sometimes

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

— Sidney Poitier

#because #extraordinary #feel #had #i

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

— Sidney Poitier

#early #everyone #given #had #i

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#demand #eight #i #kind #month

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

— Sidney Poitier

#because #change #every #follows #i

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

— Sidney Poitier

#father #him #i #man #poor

I'll always be chasing you... Glory. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#chasing #glory #i #you

I'm going to quit writing. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#i #quit #writing

I'm not a library. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#library