Halle Berry Shares Worst Advice She Has Ever Received And Why She Ignored It

Halle Berry has revealed the one piece of advice that she considers the "worst" she's ever gotten.

The Oscar-winning actress and new director, 55, told Entertainment Weekly for its new "Bold School" video series — which celebrates Hollywood power players behind and in front of the camera — that the "worst piece of advice [I've been given was], 'Have a backup plan.'"

According to Berry, she ignored that advice because "if you have a backup plan, chances are you'll fall to your backup plan."

"And if you really have a dream, I think you have to have blinders on, and you have to have only one goal, and you have to be relentless in your pursuit of that goal," she explained. "So, when I got told, 'Have a backup plan,' I said, 'Screw that! Not going to have a backup plan.'"

The "Catwoman" star also revealed the words of wisdom she received over the years that helped her stay true to herself. She attributed her success and the confidence she's had over the course of her career to these mantras.

"I would say it's been, 'March to the beat of my own drum. Run my own race.' I think those have been really important in life because one can get really sidetracked watching what the others are doing," Berry shared.

She continued, "And I was also told, 'Never compare yourself.' These are things that I think, over the past 30 years, have been really fundamental in my ability to not only find success but find peace while I'm on that journey."

Berry is set to make her directorial debut on Netflix this fall with "Bruised." Aside from helming the film from a screenplay by Michelle Rosenfarb, she will also star as single mom and disgraced MMA fighter Jackie Justice, who tries to find redemption in the cage.

Last month, Cat Zingano filed a lawsuit against Berry alleging that she offered her a role in the movie, causing her to pass up a key UFC fight, but dropped her from the project later.

"Zingano was torn between the significantly valuable career-advancing opportunity to fight for title contention, and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be involved with Defendant Berry in a feature film about a character whose story so closely mirrored Zingano’s own life story," the lawsuit read.

Zingano is claiming "promissory estoppel," insisting that she relied on Berry's promise back in July 2019 to cast her in the movie when she rejected the fight scheduled for three months later.

UFC released her in August 2019. Zingano alleged in the suit that she was told by Berry two weeks later that she could not appear in the film because only UFC fighters could participate.

"Bruised" premieres on Netflix on Nov. 24.