Halle Berry Quotes

I've always thought what was I before I was this and then what will I be when I leave here. I really had a hard time always accepting that at some point I'm just going to turn to dust and ashes and never be again and that the journey would stop. I believe that we are souls, kind of like a version of what our movie presents, and we come here again and again until we arrive at our highest evolution, and what happens after that I don't know.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. 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. And I'm not willing to stay somewhere where I am really not happy. And I am not willing to pretend I am for the kid's sake or so that I don't have to go through another public humiliation.

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'm just going to live my life and be who I am.

Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

First of all, I'm not pretty. I'm not a world class beauty, ladies and gentlemen. I'm just a guy. I was slow going and stuff like that. I was just never that brand of news.

I realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look.

I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it.

I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.

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.

I know that there is a God - the God within me that's always present and will protect me. I'm not afraid to climb any mountain, because I know that I'm protected. Even if I fall and die, I'm still protected. My faith is on that level.

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.

Sexiness is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.

Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!

Nature has got it all wrong: When you are younger, it should be harder to get pregnant, and as you get older it should be easier. When you are so ready, you can't do it to save your life. And when you are 21, you are so not ready, but you are ripe as could be. The eggs should become more developed the older you get, not die slowly from the day you're born. That's one thing God got wrong.

When you have short hair, there's just a feeling of here I am. What you see is what you get. And there's a confidence that comes with wearing short hair and I like the way that makes me feel.

I am so ready to be a mommy. I can't wait. I notice every little baby dress, every little baby toy, every little baby thing.

I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.

Nature has got it all wrong: When you are younger, it should be harder to get pregnant, and as you get older it should be easier.

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

I've always thought that when anyone receives an award for acting they should always thank their fellow actors, because the only way you're going to deliver your best performance is when you have other good actors on the set supporting you and being very present for you even when the camera is not on them.

After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

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.

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.

Sexuality is part of being a woman, it's part of what empowers us when we're smart enough to know how to use it.

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.

I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.

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.

After my divorce, I was struggling to find my own voice. Through reading, I gained my power back.

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.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.

I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos.

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.

As a woman, when you embrace where you are in life, then I think the struggle [life] isn't so hard. If you're 42 and still think you're an ingenue, then you've got a problem.