- LIFE
- "I am not privileged, because nothing was every given to me. I'm going to steal a line from Oprah. She's said she's not going to apologize for anything she's worked hard for. I'm not either. I am not privileged. Hell no. Hell no. Look at my life story!"
- "It takes up too much energy to try to keep secrets. What you finally find out is that everybody has the same shit in their closets."
- "I think it validated that I was meant to be a mother because every day I dealt with the character as a mother and thinking as a mother, It let me know that I must be a mother" -Halle on playing Audrey Burke In Things We Lost in the Fire
- CAREER
- "I have always been attracted to either tortured women who have to struggle to survive and win. Or women who are already there: kick-ass, strong, empowered, don't mess with me." -Halle on the women she plays in film
- "I was going through a time in my life where I needed to make some really hard decisions for myself - be able to say I don't deserve to be treated like this, and I'm going to stand up and fight. And as Catwoman, it was very empowering, putting on that suit every day and having no rules and being in touch with my sexuality, my strength; say what I wanted to say, do what I wanted to do. and because I got to do that, I was able to do that in some areas in my real life: I made some changes in the people that worked for me, my marriage, my friends... I cleaned house when I did Catwoman." -Halle on the cathartic experience of Catwoman
- FASHION
- "What I love about fashion is that I can invite it into my life when I want to, but I never feel like a slave to it. I don't feel pressure to be the most fashionable person of the moment." -Halle's relationship with fashion
- "The designs allow a woman to look sexy without feeling trashy. Versace knows how to push that limit right up to the edge" -Halle on Versace
- "My one bedroom fetish is that I love wearing great underwear. Silk lingerie seems like you're trying to be fabulous and that's not my M.O. But I love lacy underwear. It's girlie and see-through." -Halle on her bedroom attire
- "There's something very bohemian about wearing animal prints, and that's sexy to me. They make me feel wild and free" -Halle on wearing prints
- "I've always felt sexier in a black dress than in jeans, which are my everyday attire. There's something sexy about the mysteriousness of black. It makes you look thinner in places where you want to be thinner. I find that hiding quality very sexy." -Halle on what's sexy for her
- "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."
- "I never wanted to be a model. My modeling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting."
- "I don`t see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think."
- "I want to be the next Spike Lee. I want to help other black folks to get into Hollywood and be successful in Hollywood."
- "Beauty? Let me tell you something - being thought of as `a beautiful woman` has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory."
Info from halle-berry.org and imdb.com |
