The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade.

  • -- Ethel Waters 正如魏以特

白人观众认为我是白人,我的五官就是我的五官,每次演出我都得脱下手套,以证明我是铁锹。

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We all just kinda did everything we thought we were supposed to do and girls dated the guys they were supposed to and did things with the guys they were supposed to.

我们都做了我们认为应该做的事情女孩和她们应该约会的男人约会,和她们应该做的男人做事情。

Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.

赢得观众需要运气和才能。有些艺术家是私人的和害羞的。这花费了他们太多。

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

我常常希望自己有时间培养谦逊……但是我太忙于考虑自己了。

I never thought anything like that would have gone on.

我从没想过会发生这样的事。

I have disassociated myself from that book.

我已与那本书断绝了关系。

If you want an audience, start a fight.

如果你想要一个观众,开始一场战斗。