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
mother world matter
My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
mother important right-now
Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.
real motherhood giving
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.
inspirational mother self
My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.
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'.
mother ifs
I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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.
mother careers important
Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.
mother kids way
When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.
beneath exists lie passions people understand
I understand now that 'special love' exists between two people when the passions lie beneath the surface.
dorothy suffered treated white
Dorothy wanted to be treated like her white counterparts, ... and she suffered for it.
ball glad holding role
I'm so glad I did Swordfish because I would never have been able to take a role like Monster's Ball had I not got through those inhibitions that were holding me back.
diet drink eat huge learned lots portion red vegetables
I eat everything -- red meat, lots of vegetables -- and I drink Diet Coke. But no water, and that's really bad. I've learned not to eat a huge portion just because it's on my plate.
everybody good night people
So, it will be a really good night for people of color, as well as everybody else, but especially for us,