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.

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

I'd rather play a maid than be one.

Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.

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!

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