Sidney Poitier

My father was very big on marriage.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Have you ever been offered a job by a poor person? No one has.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.