I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
From Sidney Poitier
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 always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.
If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.
I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.
So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.
So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.
My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.
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