Whoopi Goldberg Quotes
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No matter what you say to yourself, you do want to win. You try to look casual, like you're not thinking, 'oh, please pick me.'
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When you hear the ex-politician tell you that the reason they created the War on Drugs was to get black people and to get hippies...that to me is just as shitty as saying all Mexicans are murderers and rapists. Or all Muslims. That's what I'm paying attention to. And everybody is hedging their bets when it comes to marijuana. The government is sitting on this lie saying it's a gateway drug.
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If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.
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It never occurs to me that there are things I can't do.
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We have a lot of trans friends. We know lots of people who have been trying to [model]; we know a lot about it.
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The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American.
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All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'
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I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.
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If you read to me I could tell you everything that was read. They didn't know what it was. They knew I wasn't lazy, but what was it?
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[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.
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I'd like everyone to imagine a world where you get a job as Tom, and then the next day you're Tina. Imagine you're in the world where you love what you do, but people say that you can't be who you are.
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I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.
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It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
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What we're doing is not just about becoming a model. It's bigger than that. It's shining a spotlight on folks who know who they are. They know what they want to do. And in terms of modeling, they're already working. They know what they're doing! They're fantastic!