Film Quotes by Hattie McDaniel

Colonel William G. Smollett: Well, isn't anybody interested in this cake? By the way, Fidelia, just what was the experimentation you referred to in connection with this cake?
Fidelia: I tried something new. I bought it.

Bridget 'Brig' Hilton: Class president! Class pin-up girl. I heard all about how she got elected.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, that's not fair, Brig. Becky's a very bright girl.
Mrs. Emily Hawkins: She most certainly is. I would say that Becky's one of the brightest, and one of the most attractive girls in this town.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Oh, I wouldn't go so far as to say that.
Fidelia: No, ma'am!

Hilda: [to the telephoe operator] Give me the Morrnin' Clarion. I don't know the numba'! The only numbers I knowse are policy numbers.

Mrs. Anne Hilton: [Fidelia places presents under the tree] What are those, Fidelia?
Fidelia: Mr. Hilton done sent these to me a long time ago and told me to put them under the Christmas tree just like we've always done.
[gets choked up]
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Now, now, now, no tears, Fidelia. There's nothing to cry about.
Fidelia: I can't help it. He sent me something, too. Mr. Hilton never forgot me, even when he was fighting them devils.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: He'll be so happy to hear that you're back on the old job again.
Fidelia: Yes, ma'am. Miz Hilton, can I confide you something?
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Yes, Fidelia.
Fidelia: Brig sent her daddy his gift just like nothing had happened.
Mrs. Anne Hilton: Of course she did. So did Jane. So did I.
Fidelia: You all did that? Miz Hilton, I guess I just ain't on the right side of the Lord. I just ain't had the right kind of faith. But I will have. From now on, I'll be a true believer.

Peter Ames: All right, Hilda, can you carry a gun?
Hilda: No, suh! I'se a pacifist.

Mammy: It ain't fittin'... it ain't fittin'. It jes' ain't fittin'... It ain't fittin'.

Aunt Cora: Hattie, have you ever been married?
Hattie: No Ma'am, but I been engaged.
Aunt Cora: Oh, just as good.
Hattie: No Ma'am... it's a lot better.

[choked up about Rhett and Scarlett]
Mammy: He went out and shot that poor pony, and, for a minute, I thought he was gonna shoot himself.

[choked up about Rhett and Scarlett]
Mammy: It makes my blood run cold, the things they say to one another.

Mammy: It ain't fittin', it just ain't fittin'.