Hattie McDaniel Quotes
- I'd rather play a maid than be one.
- I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.
- Why should I complain about making $7,000 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one.
- I did my best, and God did the rest.
- Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.
- We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.
- A woman's gifts will make room for her.
- Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.
- I always have the best of everything.
- Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.
- Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique.
- I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.
- I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor.
- I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.
- I've played everything but a harp.
- My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful
- What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait
- It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen
- Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had
- The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman