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

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg

Topics: Women Quotes

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're...

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're...

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind...

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind...

When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to...

When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to...

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

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

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

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

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because...

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because...

Normal is in the eye of the beholder.

Normal is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

Born ham, that's basically me.

Born ham, that's basically me.

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was...

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was...

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically...

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically...

I'm fighting the label of Black actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes,...

I'm fighting the label of Black actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes,...

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to...

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is...

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is...

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame...

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame...

Women make up only 25 percent of the science, engineering and technology workforce... We are...

Women make up only 25 percent of the science, engineering and technology workforce... We are...