Hattie McDaniel

Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.

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.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.