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.

You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.

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

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

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

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