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Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.

Halle Berry

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Halle Berry
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 14
Actor
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Beauty Pageant Contestant
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Cleveland
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Halle Maria Berry
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Motherhood sort of puts things into perspective, and it's bout real life, and life is about people, what we give, what we take, what we share.
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I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles.
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It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was.
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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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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.
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Here's the thing - you can't be careful about what you pick because what looks like on paper is going to be a great script has often turned out to be a disaster, so there's no way to know what's going to work or to pick the right thing.
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By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
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I knew that I was a good writer in high school and won awards, and I was the editor of my school newspaper. So I knew that I was a good writer and I wanted to somehow capitalize and sort of utilize a talent that I thought I had.
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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.
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There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.
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After my divorce, I was struggling to find my own voice. Through reading, I gained my power back.
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I think my feet are my sexiest body part. People I find really sexy include Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and my mum.
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Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that it shouldn't hamper me.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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When I got to be about 16,17 I got into a beauty pageant and I was allowed to start playing around with makeup.
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As a woman, when you embrace where you are in life, then I think the struggle [life] isn't so hard. If you're 42 and still think you're an ingenue, then you've got a problem.
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I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I'd never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better.
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You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.
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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!
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I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.
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