I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.

I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.

A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.

What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.'

I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.

If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.

I've become really comfortable with my sexuality and making no excuses for it anymore.