In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.
Sidney PoitierForgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.
Sidney PoitierI have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.
Sidney PoitierI wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
Sidney PoitierI've learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. There is a certain anger: it reaches such intensity that to express it fully would require homicidal rage--self destructive, destroy the world rage--and its flame burns because the world is so unjust. I have to try to find a way to channel that anger to the positive, and the highest positive is forgiveness.
Sidney Poitier