Halle Berry quotes

" 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. " # Thoughts and Thinking

" I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days] " # Beauty # Time and Time Management # Age and Aging

" Sexiness is a state of mind -- a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments. " # Love

" When I held that statuette, I felt as if I had won a triumph not just for myself, but for every other woman who'd struggled to overcome the same sort of background. " # Hollywood

" 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. " # Acting and Actors

" It's an amazing feeling to know that life is actually growing inside your body. The first time you see the ultrasound and you see the little bones and you realise that it's part of you and it's in your care is life changing and this sort of protective instinct has taken over. " # Change

" 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. " # Work

" When you grow up in that (multi-ethnic) environment, you see the world differently. Being a mixed-race child, I didn't always see colour in people, I really didn't. It was other people that made me see the colour all the time. " # Community

" 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. " # Acting and Actors

" The fact is that I like thrillers and action movies. But what really fulfills me is getting out of my comfort zone, taking chances. " # Action