Elizabeth Berkley Quotes

• No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Dancer

• I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Self, Filmmaking

• No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can’t let people’s nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Nasty, Words

• Girls’ inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Girls, Critics, Younger

• Girls are so often pitted against each other as enemies or adversaries. We even see it in ‘Us’ magazine: Who wore it better?

  Elizabeth Berkley

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  Tags in Girls, Enemies

• I don’t think people have seen yet what I can really do. Only appetizers!

  Elizabeth Berkley

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  Tags in People, Self, Appetizers

• For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I’ve done it with my feet bloody.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Actress

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  Everyone just talks about the problems our teenage girls are facing and what they’re dealing with. But there was, to me, a void in how they were being served or helped. I thought, ‘Wow, I’d love to create something.’

   

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Teenage, Girls, Problems

• Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it’s not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it’s girls helping each other sharing their wisdom and advice and I create a space for them to do it.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Elizabeth, Community, Voices

• One thing I’ve learned: My intentions are clear in terms of quality.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Intentions

• I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got asked. I would track them and keep them in categories. Like body image, school, family, friendship, you name it, the emotional life of a teenage girl.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Questions, Myself

• I will never forget experiencing Venice for the first time. It feels like you are transported to another time – the art, music, food and pure romance in the air is like no other place.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Experiencing, Venice

• I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it’s usually because something is very personal.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Charity

• I typically enjoy a beautiful beach destination, as I find the water and sand to be the most replenishing.

  Elizabeth Berkley

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  Tags in Beautiful, Beach, Destination

• I just love creating an environment where people can open up and say what’s on their mind and in their heart.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self -Love

• I tell girls, ‘If you’re tall and feel too tall, the answer is to be taller.’

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Telling, Girls

• I needed to find my own worth and shake the image after having done ‘Showgirls’ at age 21.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Worth, Shake

• I love to sing. Mostly about love and s*x.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self -Love, Singing

• I get enough sleep. I take very good care of myself. Growing up as a dancer, you know your body so well, you know what to do to overcome something.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Care, Dancer

• I had to make some drastic choices to avoid losing myself.

  Elizabeth Berkley

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  Tags in Myself, Drastic, Choice

Elizabeth Berkley (33)

Birth:	28th July, 1972
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Elizabeth Berkley Lauren was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA. She is an American television, film and theatre actress. Berkley's most notable roles were in the television series Saved by the Bell, as the brainy Jessie Spano, and the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, as exotic dancer Nomi Malone. She was a teenage model for Elite before pursuing an acting career. She appeared in a small role in The First Wives Club. She has performed in supporting roles in independent films such as The Taxman, Tail Lights Fade, Roger Dodger, and Moving Malcolm. In 2011, she played the lead female role in the Hallmark Channel original movie Lucky Christmas.

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