The Best Dorothy Dandridge quotes

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

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. — Halle Berry

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

I think there’s a certain level of trust that I have with women. I’ve always been honest, even when I haven’t had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I’ve had great success. I’ve owned up to all of it. — Halle Berry

In the X–Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt! — Halle Berry

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

Beauty is not just physical. — Halle Berry

I’m not done with love, but I refuse to settle. — Halle Berry

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. — Halle Berry

You think you know what love is–until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love. — Halle Berry

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. — Halle Berry

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. — Halle Berry

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. — Halle Berry

I’m a much better mother at 46… than if I were like, 21 or 25. — Halle Berry

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

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

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. — Halle Berry

If one person in a thousand criticized me while all the others cheered, I didn’t hear the cheers. — Dorothy Dandridge

I’m not the girl for superhigh fashion because I don’t have the right body. — Halle Berry

I’m not the girl for super high fashion because I don’t have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I’m a Roberto Cavalli girl. — Halle Berry

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. — Halle Berry

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! — Halle Berry

My whole life I’ve had the fear that I was going to be abandoned. — Halle Berry

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

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

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

I think I’ve evolved into someone pretty confident–in myself and in my skin. — Halle Berry

Somehow, people just like to look at me. — Dorothy Dandridge

Anytime you put a movie out it’s subject to such scrutiny and such criticism. — Halle Berry

I’m not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it’s about moderation and balance. — Halle Berry

After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right? — Halle Berry

I’m just going to live my life and be who I am. — Halle Berry

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. — Halle Berry

I think it’s always best to be who you are. — Halle Berry

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity. — Halle Berry

My style has evolved in a nice way, but everyone has bad moments. — Halle Berry