- [when asked why she didn't try to "pass" for white] Because I'm honest and because you don't have to be white to be good.
- If they want me, they will call me, and if they accept me, they'll have to take me as I am. FW, on why she preferred the stage
- I have never tried to pass for white and never had any desire. I am proud of my race. In Imitation of Life (1934), I was showing how a girl might feel under the circumstances but I am not showing how I felt. I was slightly uncomfortable while making the scene where I stood before the mirror asking, "Am I not white?" No person who strives to be the least bit intelligent should allow a thing like color, something for which none of us is responsible, to mar his life or influence his judgment.
- Why should I have to pass for anything...but an artist?
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