"I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities"
About this Quote
As an actress and comedian who crossed stand-up, film, TV, Broadway, and daytime talk, Goldberg has spent decades being told, implicitly and explicitly, what she could not be: too unconventional, too hard to categorize, too outspoken, too much. “All possibilities” becomes a coded rejection of scarcity thinking. It suggests a worldview where the available roles aren’t fixed; they can be expanded, invented, stolen back. The sentence is also a reminder that belief isn’t passive. It’s permission-giving. It’s the psychological leverage that lets you walk into rooms that weren’t built for you and behave as if they are.
Culturally, the quote lands in the familiar language of self-making, but with a particular edge that comes from Goldberg’s path: a Black woman whose fame wasn’t built on being easily packaged. The intent isn’t just to inspire; it’s to normalize audacity as a prerequisite, not a personality trait.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Goldberg, Whoopi. (2026, January 16). I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-where-i-am-because-i-believe-in-all-103330/
Chicago Style
Goldberg, Whoopi. "I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-where-i-am-because-i-believe-in-all-103330/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-where-i-am-because-i-believe-in-all-103330/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.






