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
beneath exists lie passions people understand
I understand now that 'special love' exists between two people when the passions lie beneath the surface.
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,
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.
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It's scary to be that vulnerable on film, ... This movie was all about shedding inhibitions for most of the cast, really, you know, saying things and presenting images that were risky because you never know how people are going to take them.
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.
heavy keeps life people stuck
Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not.
mix people room secret society sort
Being biracial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, black or white.
expectation fall felt huge next partly people room seems top walks won
People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
industry people shift
I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.
self-esteem people needs
I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.
character self people
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
real white people
Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, black or white.
thinking people trying
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.
kids thinking people
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.