Quotes from Halle Berry

I never wanted to be a model. My modelling 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'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 didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.

I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a hopeless romantic and I really want love and I want a committed relationship, so I am going to reinvent marriage for myself.

My mother always said to me, 'You're going to have to work harder and have to be better, and you can't take no for an answer'.

I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check.

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.

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.

My style has evolved in a nice way, but everyone has bad moments.

Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.

When I got to be about 16,17 I got into a beauty pageant and I was allowed to start playing around with makeup.

First of all, I'm not pretty. I'm not a world class beauty, ladies and gentlemen. I'm just a guy. I was slow going and stuff like that. I was just never that brand of news.

I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

I am my best self when I have super short hair. That's when I feel most like me and most confidant.

The fact is that I like thrillers and action movies. But what really fulfills me is getting out of my comfort zone, taking chances.

When you have short hair, there's just a feeling of here I am. What you see is what you get. And there's a confidence that comes with wearing short hair and I like the way that makes me feel.

I no longer scramble blindly through hardship. I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived. Instead of despairing, I try to find the lesson within the experience.

I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night.

The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.