Quotes by Whoopi Goldberg

An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
– Whoopi Goldberg
I don't really view communism as a bad thing.
– Whoopi Goldberg
I told her her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.
– Whoopi Goldberg
Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
– 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
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
When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.
– Whoopi Goldberg
We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.
– 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
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
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
I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
– Whoopi Goldberg
I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.
– Whoopi Goldberg
I don't have pet peeves I have whole kennels of irritation.
– Whoopi Goldberg