Whoopi Goldberg Infosite
Whoopi Goldberg Quotes
• An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
• And 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.
• Born ham, that's basically me.
• For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.
• I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.
• 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 am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.
• I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation.
• I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking like me.
• I don't really view communism as a bad thing.
• 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 used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
• I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.
• I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
• If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.
• It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
• Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
• Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.
• Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.
• That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in.
• The art of acting is to be other than what you are.
• Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.
• When I listen to these women, it makes what I thought were my hard knocks feel like little nudges.
• When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it.
• When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.
• You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.
• You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.
Whoopi Goldberg Filmography
Year - Film1982 - Citizen : I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away
1985 - The Color Purple
1986 - Jumpin' Jack Flash
1987 - Burglar
1987 - Fatal Beauty
1988 - The Telephone
1988 - Clara's Heart
1989 - Comicitis
1989 - Beverly Hills Brats
1989 - Homer & Eddie
1990 - Ghost
1990 - The Long Walk Home
1991 - Wisecracks
1991 - Blackbird Fly
1991 - Soapdish
1992 - Sister Act
1992 - The Player
1992 - Sarafina!
1992 - The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1993 - National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon
1993 - Naked in New York
1993 - Made in America
1993 - Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1994 - Liberation
1994 - The Lion King
1994 - The Little Rascals
1994 - Corrina, Corrina
1994 - Star Trek Generations
1994 - The Pagemaster
1995 - Boys on the Side
1995 - The Celluloid Closet
1995 - Moonlight and Valentino
1995 - Theodore Rex
1996 - Eddie
1996 - Bordello of Blood
1996 - Bogus
1996 - VR Troopers
1996 - The Associate
1996 - Ghosts of Mississippi
1997 - Pitch
1997 - Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
1997 - A Christmas Carol
1997 - Destination Anywhere
1997 - In & Out
1997 - In the Gloaming
1997 - An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
1998 - Titey
1998 - Alegría
1998 - A Knight in Camelot
1998 - How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 - Junket Whore
1998 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998 - The Rugrats Movie
1999 - Alice in Wonderland
1999 - The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999 - Get Bruce
1999 - The Deep End of the Ocean
1999 - Girl, Interrupted
2000 - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
2000 - A Second Chance at Life
2000 - More Dogs Than Bones
2001 - Golden Dreams
2001 - Kingdom Come
2001 - Monkeybone
2001 - Rat Race
2001 - The Hollywood Sign
2001 - Call Me Claus
2002 - Searching for Debra Winger
2002 - Showboy
2002 - Star Trek Nemesis
2002 - It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2003 - Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 - Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003 - Bitter Jester
2003 - Beyond the Skyline
2003 - Blizzard
2003 - Good Fences
2004 - Pinocchio 3000
2004 - The N-Word
2004 - SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004 - Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2004 - The Lion King 1 1/2
2005 - The Aristocrats
2005 - Racing Stripes
2005 - The Magic Roundabout
2006 - Doogal
2006 - Everyone's Hero
2006 - Farce of the Penguins
2007 - Homie Spumoni
2007 - If I Had Known I Was a Genius
2007 - Nuremberg: A Vision Restored
2007 - Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 - Our Country USA to Z
2007 - The Sophisticated Misfit
2008 - Stream
Television Appearances
1985 - Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
1987 - Carol, Carl, Whoopi, and Robin
1988 - Whoopi Goldberg: Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1988 - Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988-93 - Star Trek: The Next Generation
1989 - My Past Is My Own
1989 - Kiss Shot
1990 - Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown
1990 - 91 - Bagdad Cafe
1991 - Tales From The Crypt
1990 - 93 - Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1992 - Defenders of Dynatron City
1992 - 93 - The Whoopi Goldberg Show
1993 - Yuletide in the 'hood
1993 - 99 - The Nanny
1994 - A Cool Like That Christmas
1994 - Denver the Last Dinosaur
1995 - The Sunshine Boys
1995 - 99 - Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1997 - Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1997 - Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
1998 - A Knight in Camelot
2008 - Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
1998-02 - The Hollywood Squares
1999 - Alice in Wonderland
1999 - Jackie's Back!
1999 - 00 - Foxbusters
2000 - Celebrity Dish
2000 - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1999 - The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
2001 - What Makes a Family
2001 - Call Me Claus
2002 - Madeline: My Fair Madeline
2002 - It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002 - Absolutely Fabulous - "Gay", Christmas special
2003 - Good Fences
2003 - 04 - Whoopi
2004 - Littleburg
2005 - Whoopi: Back to Broadway - the 20th Anniversary
2006 - Just for Kicks
2006 - Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2006 - Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2006 - Everybody Hates Chris
2007 - 30 Rock
2007 - The View
2008 - Snow Buddies
Discography
1985 - Whoopi: Original Broadway Recording
1988 - Whoopi Goldberg: Fontaine... Why Am I Straight?
1992 - Sister Act - Soundtrack
1993 - Sister Act 2 - Soundtrack
1993 - Whoopi: The 20th Anniversary Show
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