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!

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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.