Whoopi Sounds Off

An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
Whoopi Goldberg

And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy.
Whoopi Goldberg

Born ham, that's basically me.
Whoopi Goldberg

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.
Whoopi Goldberg

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.
Whoopi Goldberg

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.
Whoopi Goldberg

I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.
Whoopi Goldberg

I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation.
Whoopi Goldberg

I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking like me.
Whoopi Goldberg

I don't really view communism as a bad thing.
Whoopi Goldberg

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.
Whoopi Goldberg

I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
Whoopi Goldberg

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.
Whoopi Goldberg

I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
Whoopi Goldberg

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.
Whoopi Goldberg

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
Whoopi Goldberg

Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
Whoopi Goldberg

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.
Whoopi Goldberg

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.
Whoopi Goldberg

That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in.
Whoopi Goldberg

The art of acting is to be other than what you are.
Whoopi Goldberg

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.
Whoopi Goldberg

When I listen to these women, it makes what I thought were my hard knocks feel like little nudges.
Whoopi Goldberg

When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it.
Whoopi Goldberg

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.
Whoopi Goldberg

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.
Whoopi Goldberg

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.
Whoopi Goldberg