49 Quotes by HATTIE MCDANIEL

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

Why should I complain about making $7,000 a week playing a maid? If I didn't, I'd be making $7 a week being one.

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

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

Why should I complain about making $7,000 a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making $7 a week being one.

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

I’d rather play a maid than be one.

Faith is the black person’s federal reserve system.

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