She won the best-actress Oscar for “Monster’s Ball” in 2002.
. “I thought there were women that rightfully, arguably, could have, should have. I hoped they would have, but why it hasn’t gone that way, I don’t have the answer.”, Berry didn't see the type of roles come her way that one might expect. “I think it’s largely because there was no place for someone like me,” she said. “I thought, Oh, all these great scripts are going to come my way; these great directors are going to be banging on my door. It didn’t happen. It actually got a little harder.
But now Berry is taking her career into her own hands in a more literal way—making her directorial debut withwhich will soon premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. “As an actor, I always show up and do my part, and I can only do what I can do,” she said. “Being the director, I have a part in the totality of every department. I get to have a voice. That was different, and I really loved that.”
She's also heartened by the increase in female directors getting their shot at projects that might have once gone to white men. “I definitely feel like there’s a turning point,” Berry. “I’m more encouraged that as women we are feeling confident enough to tell our stories. And there is a place for us to tell our stories. For so long, our experiences have been told narratively through the guise of men.
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