Top 90 Halle Berry Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Halle Berry

2. “I take care of myself, because I learned early on that I am the only person in life who’s responsible for me.”

— Halle Berry

3. “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.”

— Halle Berry

4. “I know that there is a God – the God within me that’s always present and will protect me. I’m not afraid to climb any mountain, because I know that I’m protected. Even if I fall and die, I’m still protected. My faith is on that level.”

— Halle Berry

5. “In Monster’s Ball I went nude, which was scary, but I took the chance and that’s how I like to approach my career.”

— Halle Berry

6. “I’m just going to live my life and be who I am.”

— Halle Berry

7. “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.”

— Halle Berry

8. “Sexiness is a state of mind – a comfortable state of being. It’s about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.”

— Halle Berry

9. “Beauty is not just physical. It’s about what you stand for, how you live your life.”

— Halle Berry

10. “I meditate and pray all the time. The faith and respect that I have in the power of God in my life is what I’ve used to keep myself grounded, and it has allowed me to move away from the storms that were in my life.”

— Halle Berry

11. “Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.”

— Halle Berry

12. “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.”

— Halle Berry

13. “It’s an amazing feeling to know that life is actually growing inside your body. The first time you see the ultrasound and you see the little bones and you realise that it’s part of you and it’s in your care is life changing and this sort of protective instinct has taken over.”

— Halle Berry

14. “I can’t imagine my life without animals. I have two dogs and three cats. Coming home and finding them all lined up at the door waiting for me has got to be one of the sweetest joys of my life.”

— Halle Berry

15. “When an opportunity comes your way, it’s about making sure you’re prepared to be the one who can walk through the door and deliver the goods. And I’ve had a lot of luck on my side and I’ve been prepared for that luck.”

— Halle Berry

16. “Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It’s about taking care of your skin.”

— Halle Berry

17. “I realize as you age the less makeup you wear the younger you look.”

— Halle Berry

18. “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.”

— Halle Berry

19. “I would say a magical thing happened on when the big 40th birthday came. I felt like a light kind of just went off, and maybe that’s because I felt like at 40 I had the right to say and be who I wanted to be, say what I wanted to say, and accept what I didn’t want to accept.”

— Halle Berry

20. “I find when I have short hair, I feel like I have nothing to hide behind anymore.”

— Halle Berry

21. “This moment is so much bigger than me. It’s for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.”

— Halle Berry

22. “I think my feet are my sexiest body part. People I find really sexy include Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and my mum.”

— Halle Berry

23. “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.”

— Halle Berry

24. “I am my best self when I have super-short hair. That’s when I feel most like me and most confident.”

— Halle Berry

25. “We’ve become obsessed with beauty and the fountain of youth and, frankly, I’m really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.”

— Halle Berry

26. “I always had to diet. I’m diabetic, so it’s a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.”

— Halle Berry

27. “I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I’d never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better.”

— Halle Berry

28. “Sexuality is part of being a woman, it’s part of what empowers us when we’re smart enough to know how to use it.”

— Halle Berry

29. “I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone’s wife.”

— Halle Berry

30. “I’m not sad at all about turning 40.”

— Halle Berry

31. “I wish all men were like dogs.”

— Halle Berry

32. “The day I saw my mom eating the Santa cookies on the plate was one of the most horrific days of my life.”

— Halle Berry

33. “I will not marry again. There is no need.”

— Halle Berry

34. “During really difficult times in my life when I start questioning why I am struggling with something, I often turn to books to understand myself better.”

— Halle Berry

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35. “My daughter doesn’t want to go to school because she knows ‘the men’ are watching for her. They jump out of the bushes and from behind cars and who knows where else, besieging these children just to get a photo.”

— Halle Berry

36. “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.”

— Halle Berry

37. “I don’t buy into that pressure to be glamorous all the time. It’s impossible, I mean, you get a pimple in the morning, you wake up with bags under your eyes, you see if you can use it in your work, maybe incorporate it into your character.”

— Halle Berry

38. “My pregnancy was amazing. I was happy that whole time, I felt good, I had energy, I was like Superwoman. I wish I could feel like that for the rest of my life, that’s how fantastic it was.”

— Halle Berry

39. “I didn’t think it was possible at my age honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.”

— Halle Berry

40. “I get offered varied parts, often super sexy roles. But I still think it’s an issue to find the good scripts. It’s a myth that you win an Oscar and you get more opportunities, and this doesn’t just go for me.”

— Halle Berry

41. “I’m learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.”

— Halle Berry

42. “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.”

— Halle Berry

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

— Halle Berry

44. “I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.”

— Halle Berry

45. “Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured everyone was going to freak out and say, ‘Why would you do that after Dorothy Dandridge?’ My answer is ‘Because I can.’ And that feels really good to be comfortable saying that.”

— Halle Berry

46. “The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.”

— Halle Berry

47. “There’s a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog. I’m always fighting to overcome the obstacle. I can really understand what’s that about.”

— Halle Berry

48. “Motherhood sort of puts things into perspective, and it’s bout real life, and life is about people, what we give, what we take, what we share.”

— Halle Berry

49. “As beautiful as Halle is on the outside, she’s 10 times more beautiful on the inside.”

— Halle Berry

50. “I like Doritos. I’m usually watching ‘The Biggest Loser’ eating Doritos.”

— Halle Berry