Top 50 Halle Berry Quotes

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.

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.

I’m not the girl for superhigh fashion because I don’t have the right body.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

There’s a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.

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.

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.

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

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

I’m not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.

I like Doritos. I’m usually watching ‘The Biggest Loser’ eating Doritos.

Beauty is not just physical.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.

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.

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

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

You think you know what love is – until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.

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!

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.

Anytime you put a movie out it’s subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.

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

My style has evolved in a nice way, but everyone has bad moments.

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.

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.

I’m not sad at all about turning 40.

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.’

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.

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

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

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

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.