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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.

Halle Berry

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Halle Berry
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 14
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Beauty Pageant Contestant
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Cleveland
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Halle Maria Berry
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My mother always said to me, 'You're going to have to work harder and have to be better, and you can't take no for an answer'.
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I would say a magical thing happened on when the big 40th birthday came. I felt like a light kind of just went off, and maybe that's because I felt like at 40 I had the right to say and be who I wanted to be, say what I wanted to say, and accept what I didn't want to accept.
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I've become really comfortable with my sexuality and making no excuses for it anymore.
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I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.
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Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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I've also grown as an actor as I've got older in life. I've learnt how to go to work, immerse myself 100 per cent in the character and, at the end of the day, take it all off and go back, get a nice bubble bath, have a nice massage and realise that is not my life. And that feels good.
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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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I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.
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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.
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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.
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I am so ready to be a mommy. I can't wait. I notice every little baby dress, every little baby toy, every little baby thing.
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My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.
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If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
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Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.
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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 realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look.
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It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
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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 don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.
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