Whoopi Goldberg
television actor, film actor, radio personality, singer-songwriter, singer, writer, novelist, voice actor, talk show host, character actor, stage actor, children's writer, comedian, film producer, television presenter, screenwriter, theatrical producer, manufacturer, television producer, composer, actor, film director
Read on Wikipedia1955
All Quotes by Whoopi Goldberg
“I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African. The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American. This is my country. My people helped to build it and we've been here for centuries. Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.”
“I know it wasn't rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don't believe it was rape-rape.”
“Well, when I was nine years old, Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house. 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!'”
“We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.”
“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.”