Halle Berry Quotes - Page 4

I never even think about the physicality of roles, until honestly I get the gig and I think, 'OK, now what do I have to do in this one?' Like, I approach it thinking more about the character - do I respond to it? Is it something I think I can play? Does it seem like it'll be fun?

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

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.

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.

I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent.

I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen

I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.

I've become really comfortable with my sexuality and making no excuses for it anymore.

I am my best self when I have super short hair. That’s when I feel most like me and most confidant.

I find when I have short hair, I feel like I have nothing to hide behind anymore.

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.

And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.

I've always loved the pomp and circumstance of dressing up; the pagenatry and all of the glamour of Hollywood.

If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.

Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, black or white.

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.

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.

I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.

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.

I am so ready to be a mommy. I can't wait. I notice every little baby dress, every little baby toy, every little baby thing.

Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.

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.

I've never been afraid to be who I really am on screen.