I learned up less is more.The makeup used to wear me and now I wear the makeup.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

Although some people will say it's a cliché, I think not having had a father when I was growing up affect me negatively because I didn't have a good role model to follow.

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

To make lips look naturally pink, I put on red lipstick, wipe it off, and then apply clear gloss.

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.

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.

I've learned my tricks. I know what I like. I do not wait around. I initiate. And I'm not all about frequency -- I favor intensity.

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.

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.'

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.

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.

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.

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.