Quotes by Ethel Waters

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)

After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadnt annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded. (Ethel Waters)

All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people. (Ethel Waters)

All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic. (Ethel Waters)

Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didnt want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again. (Ethel Waters)

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)

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)

I am an isolationist. (Ethel Waters)

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. Thats why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life. (Ethel Waters)

I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty. (Ethel Waters)