Halle Berry
Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in the romantic drama Monster's Ball, which made her the only woman of color to win a Best Actress Academy Award to date, as of 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 August 1966
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
reality matter faces
It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was.
thinking levels honest
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 way slippery-slope
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.'
today commerce industry
And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
waiting favors ive-learned
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.
racism black faces
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.
kids light hair
When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and straight hair. Then we moved to an all-white neighborhood and that was a culture shock ... I'd been used to being around all black kids.
fighting black different
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.
christmas mom cookies
The day I saw my mom eating the Santa cookies on the plate was one of the most horrific days of my life.
light age want
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.
doritos loser eating
I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos.
smell partners frenchmen
My partner is a Frenchman, so I have got to smell right.
art thinking done
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.
mother hard-work answers
My mother always said to me, 'You're going to have to work harder and have to be better, and you can't take no for an answer'.