Ethel Waters : (3) " 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 " I had always loved John Ford’s pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me. " - Ethel Waters " We are all gifted. That is our inheritance. " - Ethel Waters