Halle Berry Quotes
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I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.
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I don't buy into that pressure to be glamorous all the time. It's impossible, I mean, you get a pimple in the morning, you wake up with bags under your eyes, you see if you can use it in your work, maybe incorporate it into your character.
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I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I'd never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better.
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I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent.
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Women slave for their hair! It's all about how we compare ourselves to other women, how we size ourselves up.
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I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.
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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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To make lips look naturally pink, I put on red lipstick, wipe it off, and then apply clear gloss.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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I've also grown as an actor as I've got older in life. I've learnt how to go to work, immerse myself 100 per cent in the character and, at the end of the day, take it all off and go back, get a nice bubble bath, have a nice massage and realise that is not my life. And that feels good.
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I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
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I would say a magical thing happened on when the big 40th birthday came. I felt like a light kind of just went off, and maybe that's because I felt like at 40 I had the right to say and be who I wanted to be, say what I wanted to say, and accept what I didn't want to accept.
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As beautiful as Halle is on the outside, she's 10 times more beautiful on the inside.
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.
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Here's the thing - you can't be careful about what you pick because what looks like on paper is going to be a great script has often turned out to be a disaster, so there's no way to know what's going to work or to pick the right thing.
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Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.
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The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.
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A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.
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There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.
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I've never been afraid to be who I really am on screen.
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If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
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I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'
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I realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look.
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What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
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When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and straight hair. Then we moved to an all-white neighborhood and that was a culture shock ... I'd been used to being around all black kids.
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The fact is that I like thrillers and action movies. But what really fulfills me is getting out of my comfort zone, taking chances.
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My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.
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