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
There's no better place in the world for meat, conversation and good old-fashioned friendship.
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.
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.
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.
I had such a good time doing that movie [Sister Act 2]. My daughter's in that movie. It was a fun film to do. And it shocked a lot of people, because they loved it, and they take it with them.
Not that you're not youthful. You're very youthful, John. But he looks like he's 18!
I haven't done it for awhile but I love it. It is, after all, the Oscars of kids' programming.
We had some cute stuff to say, but you all don't care about that.
This is something that's sort of close to my heart.
As one who works inside and outside the system, I've come to understand that distribution is a key component,
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.
. . . 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.
I told her her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.
(Walker) told black women that they don't have to be less than they are capable of being. I try to uphold that standard.