Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests. This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards for your kindness. It has made me feel very, very humble and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you.

The only choice permitted us is either to be servants for $7 a week or to portray them for $700 per week.

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

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

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

I'd rather play a maid than be one.

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