Hattie McDaniel Quotes
"In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Character, Living)
"What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Hollywood, Sincerity, Will, World)
"When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that Mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!"
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Mother, Forget, Trouble)
"We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Friends, Hollywood, Respect, Sincerity)
"The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Actions, Man, Race, Woman)
"That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Wind)
"Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Humor, Time, Fun)
"Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had."
- Hattie McDaniel
"It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen."
- Hattie McDaniel
"A woman's gifts will make room for her."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Gifts, Will, Woman)
"I've played everything but a harp."
- Hattie McDaniel
"I'm letting no man handle my bank account."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Bank account, Man)
"I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Hope, Credit, Race)
"I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Earth)
"I did my best, and God did the rest."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: God, Rest)
"I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Forget)
"I always have the best of everything."
- Hattie McDaniel
"Faith is the black person's federal reserve system."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Faith)
"Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Actor, Passion)
"Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Hope, Balance, Help)
"As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings."
- Hattie McDaniel
"My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful."
- Hattie McDaniel
(Related: Desire, Hollywood, Selfishness)