Halle Berry Quotes - Page 3

We've become obsessed with beauty and the fountain of youth and, frankly, I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.

I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

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.

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!

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.

Beauty is not just physical.

The day I saw my mom eating the Santa cookies on the plate was one of the most horrific days of my life.

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.

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.

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.

The fact is that I like thrillers and action movies. But what really fulfills me is getting out of my comfort zone, taking chances.

There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.

As beautiful as Halle is on the outside, she's 10 times more beautiful on the inside.

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!

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.

Although some people will say it's a cliché, I think not having had a father when I was growing up affect me negatively because I didn't have a good role model to follow.

I've always liked to go down a different path. Being a woman of color, I never followed a cookie cutter way.

I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos.

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.

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.

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.

People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head.

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.'

My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.

After my divorce, I was struggling to find my own voice. Through reading, I gained my power back.