Halle Berry

“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.”

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

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

“I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.”

“I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.”

“You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.”

“I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'”

“I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.”

“I think we have become obsessed with beauty and personally I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.”

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

“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.”

“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. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.”

“Being biracial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, black or white.”

“I think it's always best to be who you are.”

“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.”

“A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.”