Halle Berry believes that her work makes her a better mother.

The 50-year-old actress, who raises nine-year-old Nahla with her former boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and three-year-old Maceo with her ex-husband Olivier Martinez, believes that her work has equipped her to be a mother. In an interview with the People magazine, she said: "Having a career and being fulfilled in this way makes us better mothers. It enables us to act with a sense of compassion and empathy in our careers, what makes us better business women. We need both and we have to keep doing research. And sometimes we're wrong. And you know what? That's okay too. "

Berry had recently spoken about the importance of her 2002 Oscar win for her and for society. By criticizing the influence of her Oscar, Berry wanted to make it clear that more diversity is needed in Hollywood. Back then she told 'Entertainment Tonight': "Of course it mattered, you saw me up there, I was speechless. I think I'm just disappointed that in 15 years no other non-white woman like me has been on this stage was just totally disappointing for me. "