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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.

Halle Berry

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Halle Berry
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 14
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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.
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I also have been called that terrible N word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just in like 1993 that someone called me that.
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I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.
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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 believe that you can experience very profound moments of change in life...I never would have become an actress if I hadn't dropped out of high school. As a teenager, I was so driven to pursue my dreams that I made a decision to quit school at 17 so I could find my voice as an actress and eventually the profession embraced me.
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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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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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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.
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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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If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
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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 realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look.
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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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I've always liked to go down a different path. Being a woman of color, I never followed a cookie cutter way.
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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 take care of myself, because I learned early on that I am the only person in life who's responsible for me.
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I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
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By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
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