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.

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

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

Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.

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

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