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Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not. ↗

— Halle Berry

#am #dramatic #every #getting #heavy

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

#anyway #diabetic #diet #end #had

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. ↗

— Halle Berry

#easier #even #i #i see #i think

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

#bad taste #could #feel #guess #i

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. ↗

— Halle Berry

#else #everybody #everybody else #felt #fit

I wish all men were like dogs. ↗

— Halle Berry

#i #i wish #like #men #were

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. ↗

— Halle Berry

#california #could #good #i #like

I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25. ↗

— Halle Berry

#better mother #i #like #mother #much

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. ↗

— Halle Berry

#different #embracing #finding #hard #i

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

#beautiful #beautiful woman #beauty #been #being