Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson, known professionally by her stage name, Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress, comedian, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. She was the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win an acting Oscar...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth13 November 1955
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
We had some cute stuff to say, but you all don't care about that.
Sometimes I wish that I could run as fast as they do and do just 90 percent of the things I see those folks doing. I would have loved to have learned how to be a really good soccer player because I really like soccer.
There's no better place in the world for meat, conversation and good old-fashioned friendship.
Most people still have this idea that if you're doing what is considered a sport you don't get to be a girl. You get to be a tomboy, which is one of those words that I actually hate.
When you are kind to someone, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else and it will become like wildfire.
We thought in the first year we were going to be able to get everybody off the streets.
Not that you're not youthful. You're very youthful, John. But he looks like he's 18!
I told her her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.
When I listen to these women, it makes what I thought were my hard knocks now feel like little nudges.
. . . what I am is a humanist before anything -- before I'm a Jew, before I'm black, before I'm a woman. And my beliefs are for the human race -- they don't exclude anyone.
(Walker) told black women that they don't have to be less than they are capable of being. I try to uphold that standard.
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
I don't have pet peeves; I have whole kennels of irritation.
If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.