The Times May Have Changed, But The

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.'

I Spent A Lot Of Time With A Crown On My Head.

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.

I've Pretty Much Learned I Can Let That [being Black] Hinder Me If I Want To ... Or I Can Fight For Different Kinds Of Roles.

By The Time I Left School, I Had A Lot Of Tenacity.