After my divorce, I was struggling to find my own voice. Through reading, I gained my power back. Halle Berry More Quotes by Halle Berry More Quotes From Halle Berry 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 tryingpeoplethinking 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. Halle Berry waitingbabyinspirational I've never been afraid to be who I really am on screen. Halle Berry screens I've also grown as an actor as I've got older in life. I've learnt how to go to work, immerse myself 100 per cent in the character and, at the end of the day, take it all off and go back, get a nice bubble bath, have a nice massage and realise that is not my life. And that feels good. Halle Berry feel-goodnicecharacter I used to believe that if my career was going great, then I was not entitled to a great personal life. Well, I've stopped thinking that way. I believe I can have it all. Halle Berry careersbelievethinking Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother. Halle Berry careersimportantmother When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes. Halle Berry realrunningschool I want to do roles that are fun and challenging and I want to try different things. I don't want to keep doing Monster's Ball over and over and over again. I want to keep doing my career the way that I was doing it before I won the Oscar. Halle Berry careerschallengesfun 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 work-outmouthsexercise I get offered varied parts, often super sexy roles. But I still think it's an issue to find the good scripts. It's a myth that you win an Oscar and you get more opportunities, and this doesn't just go for me. Halle Berry sexywinningthinking I would say a magical thing happened on when the big 40th birthday came. I felt like a light kind of just went off, and maybe that's because I felt like at 40 I had the right to say and be who I wanted to be, say what I wanted to say, and accept what I didn't want to accept. Halle Berry lightagewant I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance. Halle Berry moderationbalanceexercise 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 careersshould-havethinking 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 dumbstupidthinking I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency - I favor intensity. Halle Berry ive-learnedfavorswaiting 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 slippery-slopewaythinking It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was. Halle Berry matterfacesreality A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks. Halle Berry confidenceself-esteempersonality 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 honestlevelsthinking 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 uniqueracethinking
