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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.

Halle Berry

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Halle Berry
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 14
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By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
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I want to do roles that are fun and challenging and I want to try different things. I don't want to keep doing Monster's Ball over and over and over again. I want to keep doing my career the way that I was doing it before I won the Oscar.
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