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An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
Whoopi Goldberg
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Whoopi Goldberg
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 13
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We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
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Really, darling, it's a no-brainer. You know, I understand not everybody is for gay marriage. But if you're not for gay marriage, don't marry a gay person. That's what I say
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You couldn't always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee.
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[On writing to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple:] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.
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I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
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If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.
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You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.
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I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.
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Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.
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I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.
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You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.
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Normal is just a cycle on the washing machine.
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I had such a good time doing that movie [Sister Act 2]. My daughter's in that movie. It was a fun film to do. And it shocked a lot of people, because they loved it, and they take it with them.
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Actors have no color. That's the art form.
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I fear waking up one morning and finding out my life was all for nothing. We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. When you're kind to someone in trouble, you hope they remember and are kind to someone else and so on. Soon it will be like a wildfire.
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The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American.
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[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.
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