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.
Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
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.
I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.
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.
Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.
I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!
Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.
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.
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.
My style has evolved in a nice way, but everyone has bad moments.
And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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 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.
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.
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.
Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
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.
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.
By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.
I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle.
You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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.
I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night.
After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?
I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos.
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'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 am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
Beauty is not just physical.
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.'
In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as much as I like, but I am finding a way to make more time as life goes on because it's a really great outlet for me to express myself.
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'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.
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.
I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.
I'm not one of these actresses like, 'Okay, where's the camera? Is it here? Is it here?' I don't even ask the questions because I don't really want to know. I like not performing for a camera but giving it my best every single time whether you're close or whether you're far.
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days].
I wish all men were like dogs.
I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.
I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.'
