Hattie McDaniel Quotes

• I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Maids, Week

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• I did my best, and God did the rest.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Inspirational, Inspiring

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• A woman's gifts will make room for her.

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  Inspiring, Rooms

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Remember, Inches, Kicks

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Men, Race, Action

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Fun, Humor, Littles

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• You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Fighting, Evil

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• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests. This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards for your kindness. It has made me feel very, very humble and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Art, Kindness, Humble

  Hattie McDaniel's Academy Awards acceptance speech for "Actress in a Supporting Role" Award for the film "Gone with the Wind", aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 29, 1940.

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• The only choice permitted us is either to be servants for $7 a week or to portray them for $700 per week.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Choices, Week, Servant

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• Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Black, Federal Reserve, Persons

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Race, Credit, Motion Pictures

  "Oscar's First Black Winner Accepted Her Honor in a Segregated 'No Blacks' Hotel in L.A." by Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 19, 2015.

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Earth, Visitors, Feels

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Passion, Unique, Actors

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• 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.

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  Complaining, Maids, Week

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Hollywood, World, Demand

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• 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!

  Hattie McDaniel

  Mother, Knives, Use

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Hollywood, Pay, Sincerity

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Food, Cooking, Culinary

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• I'm letting no man handle my bank account.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Letting Go, Men, Bank Accounts

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• I've played everything but a harp.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Harps

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• I'd rather play a maid than be one.

  Hattie McDaniel

  Play, Maids

  "Oscar's First Black Winner Accepted Her Honor in a Segregated 'No Blacks' Hotel in L.A." by Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 19, 2015.

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Years, Actresses

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Book, Character, Hypnosis

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Balance, Bob, Red

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

  Hattie McDaniel

  Missing, Thrill

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