I was convinced that acting was for fools. I was on the stage when I was eight with my father, he was playing one of those Greek blind guys that sees things and warns people, whilst I was in a blue skirt. I think there were 5,000 people in the theatre, it was ridiculous.
“Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.”
“I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.”