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Hattie McDaniel [1895-1952] American

Rank: 102
Actress

Hattie McDaniel was an African American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. She is best known for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first African American to win an Academy Award.

Best, Diet, Faith, Humor, Respect

Quote	Tags	Rank
I did my best, and God did the rest.	Best	101
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!		102
I always have the best of everything.		103
A woman's gifts will make room for her.		104
Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique.		105
Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.	Faith	106
I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.		107
I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.		108
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.		109
We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.	Respect	110
You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.		111
I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor.		112
As for those grapefruit and buttermilk diets, I'll take roast chicken and dumplings.	Diet	113
It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen.		114
My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful.		115
Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.	Humor	116
What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.		117
Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.		118
I'm letting no man handle my bank account.		119
I've played everything but a harp.		120
In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.		121
Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had.		122
The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman.		123

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