Quotes by Hattie McDaniel

• You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.
• In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.
• What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.
• 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!
• We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.
• The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or 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.
• Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.
• Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had.
• It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen.
• A woman's gifts will make room for her.
• I've played everything but a harp.
• I'm letting no man handle my bank account.
• I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.
• I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor.
• I did my best, and God did the rest.
• I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.
• I always have the best of everything.
• Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.
• Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique.
• Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.
• As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.
• My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful.