Home / Authors / Halle Berry

Halle Berry

Halle Berry Quotes

Actress

Halle Berry is a renowned American actress, born on August 14, 1966. She is celebrated for her exceptional performances in film and television, having won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first African American woman to receive the honor.

Filter quotes by topic

All Thinking Ifs Way Knows People Black Feels I Can Want Mother Actresses Careers Character Firsts Looks Men Oscars Roles Wanted Actors

Famous Halle Berry Quotes

“I get offered varied parts, often super sexy roles. But I still think it's an issue to find the good scripts. It's a myth that you win an Oscar and you get more opportunities, and this doesn't just go for me.”

Thinking Stills Opportunity Winning Roles Issues Scripts Sexy Myth Oscars Super Sexy

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Way Believe Wells I Can Used I Believe Careers Entitled Personal Life Great Person

Author:Halle Berry

“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?”

Thinking Doe I Can Play Character Seems Fun Roles Approach Honestly Gigs Physicality

Author:Halle Berry

“I think my feet are my sexiest body part. People I find really sexy include Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and my mum.”

People Thinking Body Feet Sexy Mum Sexiest

Author:Halle Berry

“But I just don't think it's an abyss of nothingness [after death] and that we fall off and that our journey stops. I think it's circular and we go and we go and we go. I know that there are civilizations that I think are way more sophisticated than we are and I think more sophisticated civilizations lived before us.”

Thinking Knows Way Fall Journey Civilization Sophisticated Nothingness Abyss After Death

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Thinking Way Self Play Wanted Used Artist Actors Knowing Taken Talent Comfortable Sexuality Cracks Disguise Diminish Thespians Trotting

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

People Thinking Father Roles Growing Up Growing Models Role Models Good Role Models

Author:Halle Berry

“As a woman, when you embrace where you are in life, then I think the struggle [life] isn't so hard. If you're 42 and still think you're an ingenue, then you've got a problem.”

Ifs Thinking Stills Hard Problem Struggle Embrace Where You Are Life Struggle Where You Are In Life

Author:Halle Berry

“I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. 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. And I'm not willing to stay somewhere where I am really not happy. And I am not willing to pretend I am for the kid's sake or so that I don't have to go through another public humiliation.”

People Thinking Trying Hard Kids Willing Sake Things To Do Hopeless Mates Humiliation Not Happy Hard Things Hopeless Romantic

Author:Halle Berry

“I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.”

Thinking Men Made Done Luck

Author:Halle Berry

“I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.”

Author:Halle Berry

“I think it's always best to be who you are.”

Thinking Who You Are Be Who You Are

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

People Thinking Trying Hard Things To Do Mates Hard Things

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Thinking Persons Art Done Today Film Realizing Smart Sake Art Films Smart Person

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Thinking Should Looks Has Beens Wanted Careers Should Have Instinct

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Kind Audience Stupid Dumb

Author:Halle Berry

“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.'”

Thinking Way Sides One Thing One Way Plastic Pulling Surgery Slippery Plastic Surgery Slopes Slippery Slope

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Thinking Certain Levels Honest Havens Good Times Great Success

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Way Stills Different Hard Challenges Race Findings Unique Who You Are Multiple

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Thinking Feels Dies Fun Laughing Feel Good Exotic Iconic Another Day Bond Movie Exotic Places

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Thinking Made Mother Black White Knowing Easier Black And White Black Women

Author:Halle Berry

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

Thinking Age Honestly Pregnancy

Author:Halle Berry

“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.”

Thinking Needs Long Care Hair Easier Take Care Who I Am Long Hair I Am Woman

Author:Halle Berry

About the Author

Born: August 14, 1966
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 152

Related Topics

Thinking Ifs Way Knows People Black Feels I Can Want Mother Actresses Careers Character Firsts Looks Men Oscars Roles Wanted Actors

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Similar Authors

Kristen StewartBrowse related quotes
Meryl StreepBrowse related quotes
Madonna CicconeBrowse related quotes
Jennifer LopezBrowse related quotes
Zooey DeschanelBrowse related quotes
David LevithanBrowse related quotes
Dolly PartonBrowse related quotes
Alice WalkerBrowse related quotes
Angelina JolieBrowse related quotes
Viola DavisBrowse related quotes