 But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots. |
| 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. |
| We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection. |
| I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life. |
| I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month. |
| If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't. |
| 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. |
| So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness. |
| Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's. |
| Jackie Robinson is a true legend. |
| The journey has been incredible from its beginning. |
| I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life. |
| Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no. |
| I've had it all my life and when it can time for me to start a family, I was quite anxious to do so. |
| But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity. |
| To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed. |
| My autobiography was simply the story of my life. |
| I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect. |
| 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 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. |
