Whoopi Goldberg Biography

On herself:

“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.”

“I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn’t do.”

“I knew I wasn’t stupid, and I knew I wasn’t dumb. My mother told me that. Everybody told me I wasn’t stupid or dumb.”

“I love fairy tales and I love spooky stories. Anything with a good 25- to 30-minute brain trip for me to go on. I still like to be read to.”

On acting:

“An actress can only play a woman. I’m an actor, I can play anything.”

“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.”

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

On her hair:

“I’ve had my hair like this from day one, mostly because it’s much more comfortable and it looks good on my head.”