We've become obsessed with beauty and the fountain of youth and, frankly, I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that. Halle Berry More Quotes by Halle Berry More Quotes From Halle Berry 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 expectations winning fall 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 black stars play By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity. Halle Berry tenacity left school My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do. Halle Berry self mother inspirational I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. Halle Berry hopeless hopeless-romantic romantic 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 who-i-am hair thinking I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say. Halle Berry self-esteem people needs As beautiful as Halle is on the outside, she's 10 times more beautiful on the inside. Halle Berry beautiful-inside beautiful 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 having-a-baby aftermath baby Actors always have to fight for the good parts. There are so few good roles written for women each year, and when one is written like this every actress in town covets the role. Halle Berry roles fighting years Although some people will say it's a cliché, I think not having had a father when I was growing up affect me negatively because I didn't have a good role model to follow. Halle Berry growing-up father thinking I never put myself in that box of you're an Oscar winner so you can only do this or that. That's one award, one night, and it does not define my career or it does not define me as an artist. I never wanted to get put in that Oscar box because that's a lonely place to be. Halle Berry lonely artist night I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent. Halle Berry artist taken thinking I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen Halle Berry portraying not-afraid screens I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy. Halle Berry age pregnancy thinking I've always liked to go down a different path. Being a woman of color, I never followed a cookie cutter way. Halle Berry color path way I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25. Halle Berry ifs mother 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 done art thinking I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos. Halle Berry doritos loser eating 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
