Top 100 Halle Berry Quotes
#1. I don't buy into that pressure to be glamorous all the time. It's impossible, I mean, you get a pimple in the morning, you wake up with bags under your eyes, you see if you can use it in your work, maybe incorporate it into your character.
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#2. I take care of myself, because I learned early on that I am the only person in life who's responsible for me.
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#3. I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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#4. Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
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#5. It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was.
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#6. I know that there is a God - the God within me that's always present and will protect me. I'm not afraid to climb any mountain, because I know that I'm protected. Even if I fall and die, I'm still protected. My faith is on that level.
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#7. I never put myself in that box of you're an Oscar winner so you can only do this or that. That's one award, one night, and it does not define my career or it does not define me as an artist. I never wanted to get put in that Oscar box because that's a lonely place to be.
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#8. When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes.
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#9. In Monster's Ball I went nude, which was scary, but I took the chance and that's how I like to approach my career.
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#10. My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.
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#11. I love a character that gives me a chance to grow and do something different.
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#12. I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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#13. During really difficult times in my life when I start questioning why I am struggling with something, I often turn to books to understand myself better.
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#14. I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it.
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#15. Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin.
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#16. I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.
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#17. I'm not one of these actresses like, 'Okay, where's the camera? Is it here? Is it here?' I don't even ask the questions because I don't really want to know. I like not performing for a camera but giving it my best every single time whether you're close or whether you're far.
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#18. As beautiful as Halle is on the outside, she's 10 times more beautiful on the inside.
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#19. In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
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#20. When I think, where did I laugh the most, where did I eat the most, where did I just feel good all the time, I would say making the Bond movie 'Die Another Day.' To be part of such an iconic franchise and to travel to exotic places - that was the most fun I ever had.
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#21. In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as much as I like, but I am finding a way to make more time as life goes on because it's a really great outlet for me to express myself.
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#22. I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles.
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#23. What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
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#25. I can't imagine my life without animals. I have two dogs and three cats. Coming home and finding them all lined up at the door waiting for me has got to be one of the sweetest joys of my life.
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#26. My style has evolved in a nice way, but everyone has bad moments.
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#27. I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night.
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#28. I no longer scramble blindly through hardship. I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived. Instead of despairing, I try to find the lesson within the experience.
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#29. I've always liked to go down a different path. Being a woman of color, I never followed a cookie cutter way.
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#30. I used to believe that if my career was going great, then I was not entitled to a great personal life. Well, I've stopped thinking that way. I believe I can have it all.
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#31. My partner is a Frenchman, so I have got to smell right.
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#32. Sexuality is part of being a woman, it's part of what empowers us when we're smart enough to know how to use it.
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#33. Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured everyone was going to freak out and say, 'Why would you do that after Dorothy Dandridge?' My answer is 'Because I can.' And that feels really good to be comfortable saying that.
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#34. And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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#35. I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.
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#36. Sexiness is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.
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#37. Here's the thing - you can't be careful about what you pick because what looks like on paper is going to be a great script has often turned out to be a disaster, so there's no way to know what's going to work or to pick the right thing.
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#38. When an opportunity comes your way, it's about making sure you're prepared to be the one who can walk through the door and deliver the goods. And I've had a lot of luck on my side and I've been prepared for that luck.
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#39. Motherhood sort of puts things into perspective, and it's bout real life, and life is about people, what we give, what we take, what we share.
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#40. Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.
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#41. I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.
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#42. I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency. I favor intensity.
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#43. The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
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#44. My pregnancy was amazing. I was happy that whole time, I felt good, I had energy, I was like Superwoman. I wish I could feel like that for the rest of my life, that's how fantastic it was.
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#45. Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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#46. If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
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#48. The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.
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#49. I've never been afraid to be who I really am on screen.
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#50. I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.
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#51. Actors always have to fight for the good parts. There are so few good roles written for women each year, and when one is written like this every actress in town covets the role.
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#52. Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!
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#53. Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not.
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#54. My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
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#55. I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
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#56. I meditate and pray all the time. The faith and respect that I have in the power of God in my life is what I've used to keep myself grounded, and it has allowed me to move away from the storms that were in my life.
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#57. I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.
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#58. Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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#59. When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.
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#60. I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.
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#61. I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.
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#62. There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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#63. What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.'
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#64. Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
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#65. Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that it shouldn't hamper me.
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#66. While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
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#67. It's an amazing feeling to know that life is actually growing inside your body. The first time you see the ultrasound and you see the little bones and you realise that it's part of you and it's in your care is life changing and this sort of protective instinct has taken over.
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#68. I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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#69. The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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#70. I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check.
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#71. I think my feet are my sexiest body part. People I find really sexy include Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and my mum.
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#72. When you grow up in that (multi-ethnic) environment, you see the world differently. Being a mixed-race child, I didn't always see colour in people, I really didn't. It was other people that made me see the colour all the time.
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#73. The day I saw my mom eating the Santa cookies on the plate was one of the most horrific days of my life.
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#74. I realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look.
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#75. I would say a magical thing happened on when the big 40th birthday came. I felt like a light kind of just went off, and maybe that's because I felt like at 40 I had the right to say and be who I wanted to be, say what I wanted to say, and accept what I didn't want to accept.
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#76. Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.
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#77. I also have been called that terrible "N" word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just in like 1993 that someone called me that.
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#78. I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I'd never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better.
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#80. Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.
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#81. I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.
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#82. Beauty is not just physical. It's about what you stand for, how you live your life.
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#83. I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos.
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#84. A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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#85. Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
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#86. I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space ... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!
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#87. You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.
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#88. I'm a much better mother at 46 ... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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#89. You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
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#90. I've also grown as an actor as I've got older in life. I've learnt how to go to work, immerse myself 100 per cent in the character and, at the end of the day, take it all off and go back, get a nice bubble bath, have a nice massage and realise that is not my life. And that feels good.
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#91. I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.
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#92. I think we have become obsessed with beauty and personally I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.
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#93. I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.
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#94. I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
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#95. If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.
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#96. I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'
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#97. I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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#98. I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.
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#99. When I got to be about 16,17 I got into a beauty pageant and I was allowed to start playing around with makeup.
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#100. After my divorce, I was struggling to find my own voice. Through reading, I gained my power back.
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