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
When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it.
When I listen to these women, it makes what I thought were my hard knocks feel like little nudges.
You look at the 'Wizard of Oz' and you see things flying up in the airthis is where everything goes that didn't land.
I don't have to be bam, bam, bam, funny when I'm working. I can tell stories, and there's some funny in them.
And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy.
As one who works inside and outside the system, I've come to understand that distribution is a key component,
This is something that's sort of close to my heart.
I think actually there's another young lady who would like to do it and so I've got my fingers crossed for her. I think it's Ellen. I think she would be good.
Good evening, loyal subjects. I am the African queen. Some of you may know me as the virgin queen, but I can't imagine who.
He was the beginning of a new dawn of comedy. It wasn't cute and sweet. It was a little scary.
I haven't done it for awhile but I love it. It is, after all, the Oscars of kids' programming.
I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking like me.
I eat eight bags of chips in one sitting, and then nothing for a day or two. I learned that my body thought it was starving, so it would hold on to fat.
There are times when I haven't been proud of America or really proud. But there have been times that I've been incredibly proud of the country.