To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.
My father was very big on marriage.
When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.
In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.
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.