“I've always liked to go down a different path. Being a woman of color, I never followed a cookie cutter way.”

—  Halle Berry

Cindy Pearlman (November 17, 2002) "Female Bonding - Hot on the Heels of her Academy-Award Winning Turn in 'Monster's Ball,' Halle Berry Shares the Screen With 007", Chicago Sun-Times, p. 1.

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