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Happening now: @TheAcademy Award-winning star @HalleBerry joins host @amanda_parris for a #ShareHerJourney In Conversation With... to discuss her 30 year career and her transition to directing with BRUISED. #TIFF20 
. @HalleBerry decided early on that she wanted to shift from modelling to acting, and even considered a career in journalism.
“I was looking for a voice. I was looking for an outlet where I could express what I had to say, explore what I had to say." #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
“I was looking for a voice. I was looking for an outlet where I could express what I had to say, explore what I had to say." #TIFF20
#ShareHerJourney
"I always felt like I was a token on that show. I never really had...a part to play. I was grateful for the opportunity, but the creator inside of me felt like I was missing something." –– @HalleBerry on her first television role on LIVING DOLLS. #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
#ShareHerJourney
When the opportunity to star in Spike Lee's JUNGLE FEVER came along, @HalleBerry felt like she found a part she could sink her teeth into.
"Spike will forever be my special person...He was able to see that I could play that kind of character." #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
"Spike will forever be my special person...He was able to see that I could play that kind of character." #TIFF20
#ShareHerJourney
“The industry wasn’t ready to see Black people in that way. We were slightly ahead of our time. I knew we were a part of pushing the envelope forward. I knew it would matter more one day, than it did that day.” –– @HalleBerry on BOOMERANG #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
#ShareHerJourney
“It was more about getting what they needed as human beings. It was about love and need.” –– @HalleBerry reflecting on her character in MONSTER'S BALL, for which she earned an @TheAcademy Award for Best Actress. #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
#ShareHerJourney
Reflecting on her historic Oscar win, @HalleBerry is proud that it inspired so many people – but also says, "It has become heartbreaking that no one else has stood there. I would’ve hoped that in twenty years, there would have been others." #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
#ShareHerJourney
What drives @HalleBerry?
"A desire to tell more stories, not only about women but women of colour. I’m so inspired to see so many women of colour writing, producing…telling our stories." #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
"A desire to tell more stories, not only about women but women of colour. I’m so inspired to see so many women of colour writing, producing…telling our stories." #TIFF20
#ShareHerJourney
. @HalleBerry on her directorial debut, BRUISED:
"I loved the fractured and brokenness of this character. I love to see a story about redemption. I want to see the human spirit soar." #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
"I loved the fractured and brokenness of this character. I love to see a story about redemption. I want to see the human spirit soar." #TIFF20
#ShareHerJourney
"All of my films have brought me something important to my evolution as an artist, and as a woman.” –– @HalleBerry on her decades-spanning career #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
#ShareHerJourney
What is @HalleBerry's advice for Black women who want to pursue a career in film and acting without being typecast or tokenized?
"You have the right to say no. Create, create, create. That is the power. Imagine your own stories, and don’t be denied.” #TIFF20 #ShareHerJourney
"You have the right to say no. Create, create, create. That is the power. Imagine your own stories, and don’t be denied.” #TIFF20
#ShareHerJourney
And...that's all for now.
Thank you for joining us at the @HalleBerry #ShareHerJourney In Conversation With… event, hosted by @amanda_parris, to hear about the star's remarkable career and new film BRUISED.
Join the movement at: http://shareherjourney.org
Thank you for joining us at the @HalleBerry #ShareHerJourney In Conversation With… event, hosted by @amanda_parris, to hear about the star's remarkable career and new film BRUISED.
Join the movement at: http://shareherjourney.org
