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I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
Halle Berry
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
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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.'
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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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.
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I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.
Halle Berry
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
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Sexiness is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.
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After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?
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I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
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My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
Halle Berry
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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.
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I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.
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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.'
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A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as much as I like, but I am finding a way to make more time as life goes on because it's a really great outlet for me to express myself.
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I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.
Halle Berry
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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. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.
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While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
Halle Berry