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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.

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“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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“I knew that I was a good writer in high school and won awards, and I was the editor of my school newspaper. So I knew that I was a good writer and I wanted to somehow capitalize and sort of utilize a talent that I thought I had.”

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“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.”

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

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“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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About the Author

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

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