Halle Berry Quotes

I am not temperamental. I just know what I want and if I don't have it, I try to get it.

I was fiercely independent and ambitious from a very young age.

I am a very driven and hardworking person, and I am independent, and I feel that I have really good instincts.

I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.

I consider myself a leader. I am not a follower.

We need to come out and assert ourselves on both sides of the court.

Maybe I have to be more aggressive.

Know yourself and go in swinging.

If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

I'm such a strong-headed person and so stubborn, I don't need someone to be sweet to me.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.

I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.

I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.

If I want something, I go after it.

The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.

I don't need someone else's power. I'm obtaining my own.

When I get it into my head that I want to do something, I do it.

I know what to do and I go and execute.

I say what's on my mind. I go after what I want.

Nobody challenges me. I challenge myself.

I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

I always put myself out there. I'm not afraid to commit to something.