A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

Sidney Poitier

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.

Acting isn't a game of

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.

I defend myself by improving myself.

I defend myself by improving myself.

I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.

I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.

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

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

True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

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

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

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I am the me I choose to be.

I am the me I choose to be.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

I don't go for this auto-cannibalism. Very damaging.

I don't go for this auto-cannibalism. Very damaging.

I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.