Quotes By Halle Berry

I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.

If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.

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.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle.

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.

While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.

I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.

In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!

I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.

People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head.

Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.

I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.

I'm not sad at all about turning 40.

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.

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.

If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.

After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.

My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.

I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.

I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.

I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.

Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not.

Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.