# Halle Berry's career **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-berrys-career/249742 "2004-06-11T00:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-berrys-career/249742/41 "2004-06-12T00:23:04Z")
Oh,I know studios will put Oscar mentions in ads, just saying I didn’t recall seeing Daffleck so advertised. As far as horrifying post-Oscar careers go, ladies and gentlemen, [Joan Crawford](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001076/). There are certainly some good films post-_Mildred Pierce_ on her resume but the crap-to-good ratio is about 5:1. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-berrys-career/249742/42 "2004-06-12T00:31:22Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > Halle Berry is already on record (Barbara Walters?) as saying she’s not looking to make great films. Intsead she want to “make lots of money.” I was surprising to hear that response (maybe that honesty), but I don’t it’s unusual. You’re right, Carnac. In his memoir, “What’s It All About?”, Michael Caine wrote that he’s made some wretched films and observed that you get paid the same amount to appear in a bad movie as in a good one. Considering he grew up poor, he learned at an early age to take the money and run. ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-berrys-career/249742/43 "2004-06-12T02:26:21Z")
Tom Hanks was in some really shitty movies before he won his oscar. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-berrys-career/249742/44 "2004-06-12T03:50:19Z")
**cmason** Are you referring to the cinematic epic “ **Joe Versus the Volcano** ” ? (among others of course) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-berrys-career/249742/45 "2004-06-12T08:14:50Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Oh,I know studios will put Oscar mentions in ads, just saying I didn’t recall seeing Daffleck so advertised. > > As far as horrifying post-Oscar careers go, ladies and gentlemen, [Joan Crawford](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001076/). There are certainly some good films post-_Mildred Pierce_ on her resume but the crap-to-good ratio is about 5:1. There were more crap films pre-Mildred Pierce. She did porn, for God’s sake. > [@cmason](#): > > Tom Hanks was in some really shitty movies before he won his oscar. Tom Hanks was in some really shitty movies _when_ he won his Oscar. (One of them, anyway - I haven’t seen _You’ve Got AIDS_.) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-berrys-career/249742/46 "2004-06-12T10:36:53Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > There were more crap films pre-Mildred Pierce. She did porn, for God’s sake. Allegedly. The only evidence I’ve seen to support the rumors are some stills in _Hollywood Babylon II_, hardly a reliable source. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-berrys-career/249742.md?page=2)