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
I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.
Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?
I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.
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.
Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.
[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.
I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.
It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention
All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'
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.
There's no better place in the world for meat, conversation and good old-fashioned friendship.
This is something that's sort of close to my heart.