Halle Berry Best Quotes & Sayings

To make lips look naturally pink, I put on red lipstick, wipe it off, and then apply clear gloss. — Halle Berry

I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night. — Halle Berry

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. — Halle Berry

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

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession. — Halle Berry

I'm not one of these actresses like, 'Okay, where's the camera? Is it here? Is it here?' I don't even ask the questions because I don't really want to know. I like not performing for a camera but giving it my best every single time whether you're close or whether you're far. — Halle Berry

I'm just going to live my life and be who I am. — Halle Berry

I am my best self when I have super-short hair. That's when I feel most like me and most confident. — Halle Berry

I love a character that gives me a chance to grow and do something different. — Halle Berry

There wouldn't be a Halle Berry or an Angela Bassett or a Cicely Tyson if there hadn't been a Lena Horne. — Dee Dee Bridgewater

Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves. — Halle Berry

During really difficult times in my life when I start questioning why I am struggling with something, I often turn to books to understand myself better. — Halle Berry

Sexiness is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments. — Halle Berry

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.' — Halle Berry

I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency. I favor intensity. — Halle Berry

Sexuality is part of being a woman, it's part of what empowers us when we're smart enough to know how to use it. — Halle Berry

Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin. — Halle Berry

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

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. — Halle Berry

I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that. — Halle Berry

When I'm rested, I'm at my best. — Halle Berry

Never mind what you've heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was actually the 74th white one. And never mind all this talk about America electing its first black President; Barack Obama is actually the 44th white man to hold the job. — Jeffrey Kluger

I've always thought that when anyone receives an award for acting they should always thank their fellow actors, because the only way you're going to deliver your best performance is when you have other good actors on the set supporting you and being very present for you even when the camera is not on them. — Halle Berry

I think it's always best to be who you are. — Halle Berry

Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism. — Halle Berry

If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money. — Halle Berry

Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now. — Halle Berry

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding. — Halle Berry

I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be. — Olivia Munn

Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured everyone was going to freak out and say, 'Why would you do that after Dorothy Dandridge?' My answer is 'Because I can.' And that feels really good to be comfortable saying that. — Halle Berry

Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community. — Halle Berry

I realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look. — Halle Berry

What I hate about Halle Berry is there's always drama around her. It's always fighting, automobile accidents, fistfights, boyfriends fighting ex-husbands for the child. — Donald Trump

I learned up less is more.The makeup used to wear me and now I wear the makeup. — Halle Berry

And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today. — Halle Berry

The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings. — Halle Berry

I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space ... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before! — Halle Berry

Women slave for their hair! It's all about how we compare ourselves to other women, how we size ourselves up. — Halle Berry

It was tough to try to be serious in front of Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan with all this stuff in my face. There's never been a character that's looked this extreme. — Rick Yune

Isn't Halle Berry the most beautiful woman? I have a film I'd like to be in her with. I mean, I'd like to be with her in — Ewan McGregor

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity. — Halle Berry

I'm done with men ... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage. — Halle Berry

When you're working opposite Halle Berry, you're going to get a lot. So you have to give a lot. That said, what I've found striking in the past few days is that people are aware of a good chemistry that exists between us on screen. If that's so, it's due to the fact that she and I have a real liking for each other in real life and a real mutual respect. — Benjamin Bratt

If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do. — Halle Berry