Of course, she ignored it.

For this living legend, success followed the direction of her focus.

“So, when I got told, ‘Have a backup plan,’ I said, ‘Screw that!

Halle Berry

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Not going to have a backup plan.'”

“I would say it’s been, ‘March to the beat of my own drum.

Run my own race,'” Berry shares.

“And I was also told, ‘Never compare yourself,'” she says.

For more with Berry, watch EW’sfullBold Schoolinterview.