Halle Berry finds greater confidence and comfort as she turns 60

At 60, Halle Berry has found herself more confident, independent, and, most importantly, comfortable in her skin.

“I think as I’m ageing, I’m learning that confidence just grows. It grows. You become more of yourself,” she said.

She made her remarks at Create & Cultivate’s On Her Own Terms: Halle Berry on Menopause, Ageing & Women’s Health event.

In this phase, the Catwoman star said expectations and worries can make others like you less.

“And that’s why I say this time of life, whenever I’m talking to women, I tell them, 'This is going to be your best chapter.' It’s your ‘I have zero fucking to give’ chapter. And you really start to patronise yourself.”

But regardless of reaching an age of maturity, Berry said she was, from the start, fiercely independent, a person who prefers to chart her own way instead of being a follower.

“I think I’ve always had the ability to walk in my own shoes and walk my own path. I’ve never really been a follower."

She continued, "I’ve never tried to keep up with anybody. I’ve realised I’ve always been in my own race."

Ageing has just solidified that mindset, Berry said, concluding, “I have no more guilt about it. I do it at will, and I tell my family that all the time. ‘No, I’m not doing that. How about you do that for yourself?’”