After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?
Also if you put that kind of pressure on yourself I don't think anybody would ever work because you never know for sure if this is going to be good.
And I honestly don't know if I would choose one of these powers.
And it's really due to Brett, because Brett felt the same way, that Storm needs a voice. And he saw to it that this time it actually happened.
And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
Beauty is not just physical.
But I'm looking for that deeper layer of life. And it feels like children is that for me. So, hopefully, it will come into my life, when the time is right.
Especially with the racism. That's been my way of life since I can remember. Especially being the product of an interracial marriage - the product of a white mother and black father - I dealt with it a lot and watched my mother deal with it especially, having two little black kids.
Feeling the effects of that on my life, and like most women who have had ups and downs, highs and lows, who have struggled at certain times in my life to understand who I am, to make ends meet, to make my way.
Here's the thing - you can't be careful about what you pick because what looks like on paper is going to be a great script has often turned out to be a disaster, so there's no way to know what's going to work or to pick the right thing.
I didn't just want a child. I wanted his child. Our child. Not long after we get married, that will be one of the first things on our agenda.
I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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 got to see who loved me - not Halle Berry in Hollywood, but Halle Maria who grew up in Cleveland.
I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.
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.
I like to call that scene the kiss of life, because from that moment on the choices that these characters made indelibly affected their life and made them able to have a better one.
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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 think being a woman, especially a black woman, I can identify with her struggle against racism.
I think it's always best to be who you are.
I think so and I think that initially that's why I responded so positively to the part: it felt so familiar to me when I first read it because my mother was a nurse in a psych for 35 years - practically all of my life.
I thought if this doesn't work this could be bad, but if it works it could be great and what it could do for women in film and women in the world is bigger than my fear of that risk. So I thought, risk it.
I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever.
I was filled with more whys and hows than anybody because I had to live through it and explain it. I would sit for hours and hours hoping and praying that something would jog my memory.
I was tempted to go back and watch The Shining and some of those really great horror or thrillers, but I resisted because this has to be a film that stands on its own and I didn't want to mimic or copy things I'd seen before.
I wish all men were like dogs.
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'm always fighting to overcome the obstacle.
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.
I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.
I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
I'm not knocking people who do that, but who designs my dress, how many flowers I have, it's just so unimportant to me now.
I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
I've also grown as an actor as I've got older.
I've been in the business a long time and so it just rolls off my back these days and that's a really empowered place to be.
I've felt it since I was 30, that I need to have a family, but it just hasn't happened for various and sundry reasons. Hopefully, that's where I'm looking for something more in my life.
If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
It's almost as if people find to look what's wrong with something before they recognize what's right. That's sort of the way the industry is today. Every time is a risk.
It's not just about the art and craft of it anymore.
Marc's request of us as actors was to be real in the moment, not be afraid of the material, and not to worry about doing the politically correct thing.
My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
No, work is great, and it's provided me a lot of happiness and comfort and all those things.
Of course, I'd like to have a baby, and have a family. I mean I'm getting to the age where for women something usually just kicks in and you start to feel maternal.
Oh no, I loved the three months we spent making a horror movie. It was a great departure for me because I've never worked in this genre before.
So we had to stop filming for eight weeks while I had a full-blown cast on and after that my full arm cast was reduced to a small very thin cast from my wrist to my elbow and I finished with that little cast on.
That was a risk, and I thought with that sex scene, it could end my career and I remember thinking, oh, my God, if people don't get this, this could be like my Showgirls. But I believed in the project enough to take the risk.
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.
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.
The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.
There are many children right here in this country who need homes. That's if I adopted. I don't know if I ever will, but if I did, that's what I'd do.
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
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.
While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
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.
In April 2007, it was revealed that Halle would shave her head for the romantic-comedy, Nappily Ever After. The movie is scheduled for release in 2008.
In March 2007, Halle was dating Gabriel Aubry, a model, after meeting him in November 2005 at a Versace shoot.
Halle is set to become a pop star after confirming she’s releasing her debut album in February 2007.
Halle won a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award (Best Actress) for her role in Monster's Ball.
Halle was Miss Ohio USA in 1986.
Halle was named Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatrical's "2006 Woman of the Year".
Halle's favourite actresses are Dorothy Dandridge, Jodie Foster and Whoopi Goldberg.
In 2005, Halle was voted #1 on BET's "All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years".
Halle adopted a cat (that was originally an extra for Catwoman) named Playto, to help herself learn about cats. However, she renamed the cat Playdough, because Playto was too serious a name for her.
In 1994, Halle played a character called "Sharon Stone" in The Flintstones. In 2004 she appeared with the real Sharon Stone in Catwoman.
Halle was voted as #7 on the "Top 100 Sexiest Women 2004" in FHM.
Halle was listed as a potential nominee on the 2004 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggested in the Worst Actress category for her performance in the film Gothika. She failed to receive a nomination however. The very next year though (2004), she got a nomination for Worst Actress in the film Catwoman.
In May 2003, Halle broke her arm while filming Gothika.
In September 2002, Halle was voted the 10th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine.
Halle was named one of the 50 most beautiful people in People Magazine in 2003, bringing the total amount of times she has appeared on it to seven.
Halle’s dress for the 2002 Oscars ceremony was voted the most popular outfit from the first 75 years.
Halle was named after the grand old Halle Building in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally housed the Halle Brothers department store. The building is now an office building and the fictional setting for the Winfred-Louder department store on The Drew Carey Show.
Halle attended Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio.
In 2002, Halle was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine.
Halle was first runner up in the Miss USA competition in 2004.
Halle suffers from a recurring nightmare where her teeth fall out. She says they fly out of her mouth and are left chattering in front of her.
Halle graduated from Bedford High School, Bedford, Ohio.
Halle attended Heskett Middle School in Bedford, Ohio.
Halle is in the Revlon mascara advertisements.
Halle is Mulatto. Her father is African American and her mother is Caucasian.
Halle is the first actress to portray two different comic book characters for two different comic book companies.
Halle's measurements are 36C-22-37.
Halle was the second "Bond Girl" to win an Oscar.
On the Oprah show, Halle said that she will never marry again but she does want a child of her own.
Halle is the first African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
Halle's nickname is Hannah Little.
Halle was married to Eric Benet from January 24, 2001 to January 3, 2005.
In 1989, Halle was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.
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