Hattie McDaniel

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

“You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.”

“I have never apologized for the roles I play.”

“It was a long way from a Kansas City kitchen to the stage of the Academy Awards. I was proud of that.”

“It's a difficult role to play, this evil woman. I have to do a lot of things I don't want to.”

“I am just a woman who has a job to do.”

“I have always been a singer.”

“I wanted to be a credit to my race.”

“I'd rather play a maid than be one.”

“Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one.”

“I did my best, and God did the rest.”

“Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.”