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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.

Halle Berry

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Halle Berry
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 14
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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 never even think about the physicality of roles, until honestly I get the gig and I think, 'OK, now what do I have to do in this one?' Like, I approach it thinking more about the character - do I respond to it? Is it something I think I can play? Does it seem like it'll be fun?
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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I realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look.
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When I think, where did I laugh the most, where did I eat the most, where did I just feel good all the time, I would say making the Bond movie 'Die Another Day.' To be part of such an iconic franchise and to travel to exotic places - that was the most fun I ever had.
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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 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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When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes.
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I'm not the girl for superhigh fashion because I don't have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I'm a Roberto Cavalli girl.
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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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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 women. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
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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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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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Nature has got it all wrong: When you are younger, it should be harder to get pregnant, and as you get older it should be easier.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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I wish all men were like dogs.
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What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
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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 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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Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.
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