Quotes By Whoopi Goldberg

Normal is in the eye of the beholder.

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

I'm as American as Chevrolet.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it.

That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in.

I don't have pet peeves; I have whole kennels of irritation.

Actors have no color. That's the art form.

I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.

It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it's got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.

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.

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American.

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.

I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are she's going to end up looking like me.

Born ham, that's basically me.

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

I don't really view communism as a bad thing.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

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.

I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.

The art of acting is to be other than what you are.