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
Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.
We thought in the first year we were going to be able to get everybody off the streets.
When you are kind to someone, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else and it will become like wildfire.
We had some cute stuff to say, but you all don't care about that.
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 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.
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.
(Walker) told black women that they don't have to be less than they are capable of being. I try to uphold that standard.
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.
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.