Quotes
[On her work with William Powell] "I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and above all, a true gentleman."
[Challeging MGM bosses in the 1930s] "Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a court house carring a briefcase?"
"Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming."
"I rushed out of the projection room, ran home and cried for hours. I was really ashamed of myself. It was so awful..." [On her screen test for the film Cobra (1923).
"I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas."
