The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.
Sidney PoitierWe're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.
Sidney PoitierIf the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.
Sidney PoitierI 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