Vietnam took my boy, and I didn't understand why we were there in the first place.
Read more Cecil Gaines QuotesFrom: Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
The only thing I ever knew was cotton. It was hard work.
I'm Cecil Gaines. I'm the new butler.
You must look through your eyes, see what it is that they want, see what it is that they need, anticipate, bring a smile to the principal's eyes.