However, Sidney Poitier was definitely among them. He made history when his Academy Award win for ‘Best Actor’ in Lilies of the Field made him the first Black man to win a competitive Oscar and the ...

"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t f*** with that!'" Murphy recalls. By Carly Thomas Associate ...

Eddie Murphy is reflecting on puzzling career advice he received from Sidney Poitier ... but not for the movie you're thinking of Murphy later speculated on why Poitier viewed him as a different ...

Then he told me what the monetary offer was, and I’m like, 'nah man, I’m not working for ... had moved on to offer the role to actor Sidney Poitier. During his explanation, Lindo stated ...

And Sidney Poitier said [talks with Poitier's accent], ‘You are not Denzel, and you are not Morgan. You are a breath of fresh air. And don’t fuck with that.’ ...

Murphy continued: “Around the same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something and I asked him, ‘Yeah, I’m thinking about playing Alex Hayley.’ Poitier said, ‘You are not Denzel ...

It was a gala night marked by a number of upsets, the principal one being Sidney Poitier’s garnering the ... Shirley MacLaine each picked up two man-in-the-street votes, but the fellow ...

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Eddie Murphy is reflecting on puzzling career advice he received from Sidney Poitier. The Beverly Hills Cop star recalled an interaction that he had with the legendary In the Heat of the Night actor ...

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