Quotes from Hattie McDaniel

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.

It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen.

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 did my best, and God did the rest.

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

Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.

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.

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

As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.

That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

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

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

I'm letting no man handle my bank account.

I've played everything but a harp.

You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.

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

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

The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman

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

As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.

I did my best, and God did the rest.