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Chapter 1: Why is Halle Berry excited about her second act?
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Because when I look at the journey of Halle Berry... I've gone back to interviews that you did in like 1992, just like random moments with local newspapers. And it's amazing. No, it's really amazing to see how you were trying to pitch yourself as a serious actor, somebody who's in the game, as somebody who takes their craft seriously.
And without fail, your beauty will always be put first before everything. And by the way, I'm not even like judging people, because I know I'm part of them. I'm not like sitting here like, I was like, I'm not going to be here like, no, I was, you say Halle Berry. And then I was like, hallelujah. You get what I'm saying?
But it's such a strange thing because someone would go like, oh, but it's like a good problem. But I feel like you are the embodiment of that in a very specific way. And now you're using some of that experience to try and rally against the idea because you are the epitome of that.
And you work in an industry where many actresses have said across the board, God forbid, a wrinkle starts popping out the corner of your eye, out the corner of your mouth. And all of a sudden they're like, do you want to play someone's mom? Yeah. And the rolls dry up and, you know, everything disappears. Whereas, like, George Clooney, he's still the heartthrob.
Him and Brad Pitt, let's do it, baby. No one's like, wait, they're how old? No, everyone's just like, George Clooney, Brad Pitt. Oh, yeah. But if, like, two women of the same age in Hollywood were trying to do that, someone would go, huh, that's an interesting... What is it, like a mom's weekend movie?
A MILF movie? A MILF movie. Then we're MILF.
Cougars. I'd love to know, like, how you've dealt with that. Because... It can be hard, I can only assume, to on the one hand have something that people see as an asset, and it is in some ways, but then also deal with the limitations that it comes with in allowing you to be your fullest self as a person.
Yeah. Yeah, and it has been, you know, I feel like this is a very hard thing to say because, you know, people often are, you know, oh, poor you. Oh, yeah, no, yeah. You told your pretty, oh. And I know that, so this is a hard thing to say, but it's something that, and I think I've said this recently, I have longed to hear somebody say anything else other than that. Anything else.
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Chapter 3: What is perimenopause and why is it important?
You'll come back. I will come back. You'll come back. There'll be more respin. I can see it. It's going to like... I want the supplements.
That's what I'm ready for.
It's infinite.
That's the next thing we're doing. See?
We're working on it. I want the supplements. I knew it.
It's infinite. We're working on it. Okay, great.
It's going to be... Thank you so much for joining us. And thank you for sharing. Thank you for pouring your hearts out. Thank you. Thank you for being you.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
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