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

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

When I was 8 years old, I knew what I was going to be—an actress.

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

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

Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.

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