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

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

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..

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..

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'm letting no man handle my bank account..

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

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….

I'd rather play a maid than be one..

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

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

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

My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful.

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

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

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

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've played everything but a harp..

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!.

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