I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana… — David Steinberg Copy Share Image
I will say this: the first film that I was on was 'In the Heat of the Night', that Norman Jewison directed… — Scott Wilson Copy Share Image
Sidney Poitier and Sidney Lumet were instrumental in helping me get started as the first black composer to get name credit for… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Every year, Hollywood is looking for that new, white leading man and new white starlet that audiences fall in love with. But… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
When you act a scene with Sidney Poitier, he listens intently to every word you say. You can feel your words hit… — Judy Geeson Copy Share Image
I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm… — Richard Widmark Copy Share Image
Well, in the '80s and '70s, with the exception of Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters, maybe Ivan Dixon, if you were as… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I met [Gilda Radner] on the first night of filming ... Hanky Panky that Sidney Poitier was directing. And it's funny, I… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I didn't see me in the movies except in certain lesser roles. If it wasn't funny, I… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of… — Carl Weathers Copy Share Image
Tom Brokaw has friends who are actors, and yet he feels that, as bright as they are, they are not articulate. So… — Mariette Hartley Copy Share Image
I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney… — Persis Khambatta Copy Share Image
The bravery of Stanley Kramer's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' amounted to two Hollywood legends - Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy -… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
I want to talk to you later. Both of you. Because Oprah got allowed me to meet somebody by the name of… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise: those guys have well-planned careers. I'm just on a journey. Wherever I run across… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
One of my heroes is Mr. Sidney Poitier. In his autobiography, 'The Measure of a Man,' he talks about the difference between… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
I would love, love, love to do a comedy like 'Gentleman's Guide,' something farcical and fast-paced, but I also want to do… — Joshua Henry Copy Share Image
I took one thing to heart that I heard from Sidney Poitier in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.' And it resonated so… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
I started with Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee and Lou Gossett, Jr. and the rest of the wonderful cast of 'A Raisin… — Glynn Turman Copy Share Image
Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
A Murphy [Eddie Murphy] movie is like a Sidney Poitier comedy - he's that intensely good... He revolutionized acting. He's literally black… — Scott Raab Copy Share Image
Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will have great acting and carry good… — Brian J. White Copy Share Image
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