Quotes from Hattie McDaniel


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    I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor.

    Earth | Belong | Visitor


    The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman.

    Woman | Race | Actions


    Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had.

    Miss | Thrill | Biggest


    In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.

    Breathing | Tried | Appeared


    I've played everything but a harp.

    Harp | Played


    I'm letting no man handle my bank account.

    Bank | Handle | Account


    Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.

    Hope | Balance | Help


    What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.

    Price | Sincerity | Hollywood


    Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.

    Time | Good | Humor


    It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen.

    Good | Looking | Looks


    As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.

    Diet | Chicken | Roast


    My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful.

    Good | Grateful | Desire


    I did my best, and God did the rest.

    Best | God | Rest


    I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.

    Hope | Picture | Credit


    I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.

    Forget | Married | Again


    You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.

    Best | Evil | Fight


    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.

    Wind | Powerful | Thanks


    Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.

    Faith | Black | System


    We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

    Respect | Sincerity | Willing


    Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique.

    Passion | Unique | Create


       

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