1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: In a recent interview with The Cut, halle Berry reflected 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: on her two thousand and two Oscar win for Best 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: Actress for her starring role in Monster's Ball. Hallie stated 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: that despite the historic achievement, she was quote still black 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: that next morning, and she quickly learned that she still 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: faced the same racial and gender biases in Hollywood. Hallie 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: noted that the award did not transform her career as 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: she had hoped, nor did it immediately open doors for 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: other black actresses. Hallie said, quote, directors were still saying, 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: if we put a black woman in this role, what 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: does that mean for the whole story? Do I have 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: to cast a black man now? Then it's a black movie, 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: and black movies don't do well overseas, they don't sell overseas. 14 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: So now that halle Berry is almost sixty years old, 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: she expressed gratitude for still working and finding roles that 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: resonate with her. Is this a surprise, though? Are you 17 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: not surprised at race and genders still play Pettisher girl? 18 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: Halle Berry? We love her, but you know the fact 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: that race and genders still play a big role in Hollywood. 20 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 2: It's always been that way in Hollywood. Hollywood has lines 21 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 2: in it. They draw lines. That's why Hollywood is so 22 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 2: restricted because they have these lines. Because the people who 23 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: are in decision making processes, who green light movies, they 24 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: have these lines that play out in their head. See, 25 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: Hollywood is not a typical, typical of America. Hollywood movies 26 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: that come out of America. They come out of Hollywood 27 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: don't look like America. See they way over there on 28 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 2: the West Coast. They all liberal, they all green lighting projects, 29 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: but it don't look like America. Hollywood don't know how 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: race really is in America. They don't know it. 31 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: Green like liberal. Though if they're liberal, it seems like 32 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: there would be more movies for black acos. 33 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 3: Weal, let me let me ask you that. When you 34 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 3: see white actors and actresses, that's we see them all 35 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 3: the time. They got hundreds of movies going on and 36 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 3: they're doing it. When you see black actors black actors 37 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 3: like oh, it's his time, Oh it's his time. Why 38 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 3: can't be aired by the time, it's like you gotta wait, 39 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: Oh it's his time now. 40 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 4: Oh he's the one now, or she's the one now. 41 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: Like Taylor. 42 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 4: And you can only have one? What is that about? 43 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: Us. They got three because Hollywood has lines and they're 44 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: afraid if they make one. Okay, when you put Tianna 45 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: Taylor in that movie with Leonardo, whoever his name is, Okay, 46 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 2: did you did you have to mention she was black 47 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 2: in there? Did you have to put a black man 48 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 2: in there? 49 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 3: No? 50 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 2: Man, If you quit mentioning the lines, it looks like America. 51 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 2: Nobody said why is it a black chick in that 52 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 2: with Leonardo? They just put it in that Jurassic Park 53 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 2: when Steven spiel put the black girl as his daughter 54 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: and never mentioned it. Bridgerton Shonda Rhymes has broken all 55 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: of that down with Bridgeton put the people in here 56 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 2: and quit mention it, and it was a huge success. 57 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 2: But now here they come now Hollywood, you know who 58 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: run Hollywood. They put a gay scene in everything. Everything 59 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: now has a gay scene and they don't have to 60 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: mention it. They just put it in that nothing to 61 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 2: do with the storyline or nothing. They just put it in. 62 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 2: So why can't we but see? And then let me 63 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: tell you the statement they said, if we make it 64 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: a black movie, black movies don't sell overseas. Do they 65 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: ever mention to you how many white movies don't sell 66 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 2: here all overseas? 67 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 4: They ever tell you that ain't selling? What do they ever. 68 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 3: Now that ain't set overseas or here? 69 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: Where is that number of how many white movies flop 70 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: at the box office and don't and don't make it overseas? 71 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 2: But as soon as a black person make a movie 72 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: and they do well over here, but it don't do 73 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: well overseas, well, that's better than the ones y'all put 74 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: out that don't do well here all overseas. 75 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, who are these decision makers in Hollywood? Though? Who 76 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: are they? 77 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 4: They? 78 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 2: They are? It's a lot of uh, what do you 79 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 2: call it? Nepotism in that business. A lot of people 80 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: get jobs because they know somebody, They family members, and 81 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: now they're green lighting stuff that's ridiculous. Hey man, just 82 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: go on Netflix and go through the movies that you 83 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 2: don't watch, and you know why you. 84 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 4: Don't click on that movie because it sound ridiculous. 85 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: Ye, they green like the more ridiculous mess than you've 86 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 2: ever seen. But all they need is the right white 87 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: people to agree, and all of a sudden that movie 88 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 2: get green lit and don't do nothing. But let a 89 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 2: black movie don't do nothing? Now, see it didn't. It didn't, 90 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 2: It didn't. 91 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 4: What about when white movies don't do well? But then 92 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 4: we have, right, we don't hear about out like which 93 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 4: black beauty what they call. 94 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: That beauty and black Tyler Perry's. 95 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 4: You see how good that is? 96 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, the Oval Office, he did, you see how good 97 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: that was? But see they don't mention that, but they 98 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: tell you that the black movies don't do well over 99 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 2: the overseas, but black people do. It helped me understand 100 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 2: that the black culture is alive and well overseas. 101 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I mean, but that is one of 102 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: the biggest complaints from black actors and actresses, right that 103 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: they're the lack of roles, the lack of diversity, the screenwriters, 104 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: you know, all of. 105 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 2: That because they keep it white. Jerry Seinfeld didn't have 106 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 2: no black writers. Friends, didn't have no black writers. And 107 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 2: the only way to get black writers is to get 108 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 2: black shows and put black writers on it. Jamie Fox, 109 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 2: Steve Harvey, the Parkers, our parenthood. 110 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 4: Back in the day, we had black shows and we 111 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 4: put black. 112 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 2: People to work because if we didn't hide them, they 113 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 2: weren't going to be in the room. 114 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 4: The black writers at home improvement Rose shows. 115 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 3: Black shows you gotta have black writers if you wanted 116 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 3: to sign right, black. 117 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 4: Shows have to have white people. You ain't lying, Tommy. 118 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 3: The TV. 119 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 2: If you get a black TV show on network TV, 120 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 2: a black sitcom, it's gonna have to have white person 121 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 2: in it. 122 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: Yep. Right, this is always an ongoing conversation. We'll be 123 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: back with more of the Steve Harvey Morning Show right 124 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: after this. You're listening Steve Harvey Morning Show.