An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
Source: Letter to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, in which Goldberg eventually played a leading role, Today, NBC TV 13 Jan 86
-- Whoopi Goldberg, (Nov 13 1949-____), US actress, comedienne; Her films include Color Purple, 1985; Jumpin' Jack Flash, 1986; Sister Act I and II; and Ghost, for which she won an Oscar, 1991.