Quotes By Halle Berry

I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night.

I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.

And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.

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!

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

I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.

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

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

I think we have become obsessed with beauty and personally I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.

I think it's always best to be who you are.

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

I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.

I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.

The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle.

My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.

While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.

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.

If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.

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.

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

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head.

Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.

In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!

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

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.