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"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."

"In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man."

"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 come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."

"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."
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