I Don't Know Why, But

What's Hardest For Me To Swallow Is When There Is A Love Story, Say, With A Really High-profile Male Star And There's No Reason I Can't Play The Part. They Say, 'oh, We Love Halle, We Just Don't Want To Go Black With This Part.'

I've Also Grown As An Actor As I've Got Older In Life. I've Learnt How To Go To Work, Immerse Myself 100 Per Cent In The Character And, At The End Of The Day, Take It All Off And Go Back, Get A Nice Bubble Bath, Have A Nice Massage And Realise That Is Not My Life. And That Feels Good.

I Never Wanted To Be A Model. My Modelling Career Was Nothing But A Stepping Stone To My Acting Career And That's All I Ever Saw It As. A Pointless Rock In The River That Has To Be Stepped On In Order To Get To The Meaningful Oasis Of Acting.

The First Step Is Clearly Defining What It Is You're After, Because Without Knowing That, You'll Never Get It.

Being A Black Woman, I've Often Felt I've Been Judged By My Sex And My Race, And I Have Always Known That It Shouldn't Hamper Me.