"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."
"History passes the final judgment."
"In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man."
"As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents."
"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."
"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."
"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."
"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."
"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."
"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."
"My autobiography was simply the story of my life."
"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."
"Jackie Robinson is a true legend."
"To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved."
"Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's."
"I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect."
"I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values."
"I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month."
"But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots."
"Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no."
"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."
"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."
"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."
"A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another."
