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The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American.
Whoopi Goldberg
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Whoopi Goldberg
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 13
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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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I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
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Chocolate and candy. That's what we brought in to our friends. We worked in East Berlin with other artists who were smuggled out to come work in the Western Bloc. It was extraordinary because people in East Berlin just wanted to know what was happening. Music. Fashion. The news. All of the things we get every day.
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No matter what you say to yourself, you do want to win. You try to look casual, like you're not thinking, 'oh, please pick me.'
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If you can handle the fact that people are going to be mad at you when you do what you think is right, you'll be alright.
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Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change.
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My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils.
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Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.
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Actors have no color. That's the art form.
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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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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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When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.
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