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
alone blackness early identify people reason state walk white
Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
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.
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.
sex race black
Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that it shouldn't hamper me.
mother black-and-white thinking
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.
stars play black
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.'
came kick knew
I knew nothing, I came in cold. I'm going to have to go back and kick him in the butt.
career choices ryan
the choices I make in my career to the choices Meg Ryan has.
luck
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.
cape movies worn
I've worn this cape for two movies now and I never flew.
bigger chance color door dorothy faceless moment tonight woman
Oh, my God. I'm sorry. This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. ... It's for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.
laugh memorable time
Any time you get to laugh at yourself, that's a memorable moment, and that's what I got to do today.
closest hard people self separate
It very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
name
They can't take this away from me, ... It's got my name on it.