Halle Berry

My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.

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

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

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.

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

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.

There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.

If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.

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

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!

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

Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.

I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos.

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.'

Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.

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.

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

In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!