Halle Maria Berry is an American actress. Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama film Monster's Ball, becoming the only woman of African American descent to have won the award.
- Born: March 27, 2000 (age 19 years), Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Nationality: American
- Albums: For The Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones), The Two of Us, Sugar Symphony
- Parents: Doug Bailey, Courtney Bailey
- Music group: Chloe X Halle (Since 2013)
1. When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner. Halle Berry
2. I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. Halle Berry
3. 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. Halle Berry
4. I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. Halle Berry
5. I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a hopeless romantic and I really want love and I want a committed relationship, so I am going to reinvent marriage for myself. Halle Berry
6. 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. Halle Berry
7. Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves. Halle Berry
8. 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. Halle Berry
9. The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it. Halle Berry
10. In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as much as I like, but I am finding a way to make more time as life goes on because it's a really great outlet for me to express myself. Halle Berry
11. If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life. Halle Berry
12. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. Halle Berry
13. Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community. Halle Berry
14. 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. Halle Berry
15. 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. Halle Berry
16. I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair. Halle Berry
17. When I think, where did I laugh the most, where did I eat the most, where did I just feel good all the time, I would say making the Bond movie 'Die Another Day.' To be part of such an iconic franchise and to travel to exotic places - that was the most fun I ever had. Halle Berry
18. 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. Halle Berry
19. I think it's always best to be who you are. Halle Berry
20. 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. Halle Berry
21. I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos. Halle Berry
22. 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. Halle Berry
23. You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love. Halle Berry
24. Beauty is not just physical. Halle Berry
25. 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. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day. Halle Berry
26. I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin. Halle Berry
27. I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check. Halle Berry
28. 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. Halle Berry
29. In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt! Halle Berry
30. You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about. Halle Berry
31. There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog. Halle Berry
32. My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned. Halle Berry
33. If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money. Halle Berry
34. I'm not sad at all about turning 40. Halle Berry
35. I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen. Halle Berry
36. I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession. Halle Berry
37. 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. Halle Berry
38. 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. Halle Berry
39. I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that. Halle Berry
40. I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters. Halle Berry
41. Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism. Halle Berry
42. And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today. Halle Berry
43. After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right? Halle Berry
44. I wish all men were like dogs. Halle Berry
45. The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date. Halle Berry
46. While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress. Halle Berry
47. It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding. Halle Berry
48. I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage. Halle Berry
49. 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. Halle Berry
50. 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. Halle Berry
51. I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again. Halle Berry
52. I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife. Halle Berry
53. I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night. Halle Berry
54. I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25. Halle Berry
55. Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child. Halle Berry
56. I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper. Halle Berry
57. By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity. Halle Berry
58. 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. Halle Berry
59. 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! Halle Berry
60. I'm not the girl for superhigh fashion because I don't have the right body. Halle Berry
61. 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. Halle Berry
62. 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.' Halle Berry
63. I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. Halle Berry
64. I'm just going to live my life and be who I am. Halle Berry
65. 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. Halle Berry
66. 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. Halle Berry
67. Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not. Halle Berry
68. Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother. Halle Berry
69. Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now. Halle Berry
70. I'm not the girl for super high fashion because I don't have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I'm a Roberto Cavalli girl. Halle Berry
71. 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.Halle Berry
72. I'm not one of these actresses like, 'Okay, where's the camera? Is it here? Is it here?' I don't even ask the questions because I don't really want to know. I like not performing for a camera but giving it my best every single time whether you're close or whether you're far. Halle Berry
73. A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks. Halle Berry
74. Being biracial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, black or white. Halle Berry
75. 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.' Halle Berry
76. Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts. Halle Berry
77. My style has evolved in a nice way, but everyone has bad moments. Halle Berry
78. I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before! Halle Berry
79. I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance. Halle Berry