After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded. Ethel Waters annoycheercolore Change image and share on social
You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you. Ethel Waters familygreatimportance Change image and share on social
Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners. Ethel Waters basicallyblackbrown Change image and share on social
I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try. Ethel Waters backgrowhard Change image and share on social
Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence. Ethel Waters bringcreditelia Change image and share on social
In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live. Ethel Waters dollarearnfind Change image and share on social
We are all gifted. That is our inheritance. Ethel Waters giftinheritance Change image and share on social
There is a great supply of amateur undertakers in show business. Ethel Waters amateurbusinessgreat Change image and share on social
I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out. Ethel Waters affectiondesperatelyhand Change image and share on social
It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays. Ethel Waters achebigjoy Change image and share on social
