256 Quotes by Halle Berry

I also have been called that terrible “N” word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just in like 1993 that someone called me that.

In Monster’s Ball I went nude, which was scary, but I took the chance and that’s how I like to approach my career.

First of all, I’m not pretty. I’m not a world class beauty, ladies and gentlemen. I’m just a guy. I was slow going and stuff like that. I was just never that brand of news.

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

Sexiness is a state of mind – a comfortable state of being. It’s about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.

I don’t buy into that pressure to be glamorous all the time. It’s impossible, I mean, you get a pimple in the morning, you wake up with bags under your eyes, you see if you can use it in your work, maybe incorporate it into your character.

I can’t imagine my life without animals. I have two dogs and three cats. Coming home and finding them all lined up at the door waiting for me has got to be one of the sweetest joys of my life.

I don’t see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.

I’ve always liked to go down a different path. Being a woman of color, I never followed a cookie cutter way.