I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters. Halle Berry More Quotes by Halle Berry More Quotes From Halle Berry 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 panties girl moving 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 trying people thinking 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 waiting baby inspirational 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-good nice character 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 careers believe thinking Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother. Halle Berry careers important mother 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 real running school 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 careers challenges fun 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-out mouths exercise 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 sexy winning thinking 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 light age want I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance. Halle Berry moderation balance exercise 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 careers should-have thinking 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 dumb stupid thinking 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-learned favors waiting 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-slope way thinking It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was. Halle Berry matter faces reality A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks. Halle Berry confidence self-esteem personality 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 honest levels thinking
