To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.

I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

I don't very often read novels.

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.