Sir Sidney Poitier's memorial service will be held privately.In a statement shared with Friday, the late actor's family announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Poitier's memorial service will be a private, family affair.«The Poitier family so appreciates the wonderful outpouring of love, support and affection for Sidney,» the statement began. «There have been many inquiries about an event to honor his life.
Sidney Poitier: A trailblazing life in his own words
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NEW YORK -- As a trailblazing actor to generations of Black performers in Hollywood, Sidney Poitier often spoke about his larger off-screen role.Poitier, who died Thursday at the age of 94, entered the film industry at a time when portrayals of African Americans were generally stereotypical. But Poitier, who refused to play such caricatures, emerged as a matinee idol, an Oscar-winning actor and one of the most potent and graceful screen presences of his time, paving the way for countless who followed him.In interviews and in his 2000 autobiography, “The Measure of a Man,” Poitier spoke and wrote about the hardships, responsibilities and importance of his historic ascent in Hollywood. Here are excepts of Poitier in his own words through the years.———“There was almost no frame of reference for us except as stereotypical, one-dimensional characters.
... Not only was I not going to do that, but I had in mind what was expected of me — not just what other Blacks expected but what my mother and father expected. And what I expected of myself.
... To walk through my life as my own man.” — From a 2000 interview with Oprah Winfrey.“OK listen, you think I’m so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I’m not talking about being AS GOOD as you.
I hereby declare myself BETTER than you." — From his memoir.“I felt very much as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.” — From his memoir.“It’s a choice, a clear choice. If the fabric of the society were different, I would scream to high heaven to play villains and to deal with different images of Negro life that would be more dimensional. But I’ll be
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