--- description: Halle Berry, the star of the new sci-fi drama Extant, told David Letterman she believes in aliens title: Halle Berry, Extant Star, Believes in Aliens image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrity](/tag/celebrity/) ## celebrity Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Halle Berry Admits She Believes in Aliens by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2014 12:35 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2014 12:35 PM CUT Halle Berry, who plays an astronaut in the new CBS sci-fi thriller _Extant_, told David Letterman Monday night that she believes in life on other planets. “I don’t believe we are the only species in existence,” Berry said, [according to _The_ _Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/halle-berry-tells-david-letterman-717089 "undefined"). “My ego doesn’t tell me that we’re the only ones who survived … it might take us 20 years to get to those other life forms, but I think they are out there.” Berry keeps pretty good company in going on late night television to admit extraterrestrial ideology. Former President Bill Clinton told Jimmy Kimmel in April that he believes there’s something else out there. “If we were visited someday I wouldn’t be surprised,” [he said.](http://time.com/48132/bill-clinton-wouldnt-be-surprised-if-aliens-existed/ "undefined") “I just hope it’s not like Independence Day.” ([TIME’s Jeff Kluger argued ](http://time.com/48208/clinton-aliens-kimmel-space/ "undefined")that the 42nd president was talking sense.) _Extant_ will premiere Wednesday at 9 p.m. EDT. Berry plays a pregnant astronaut who has been in space for a year — which draws a lot of questions about who, or what, the father might be. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/halle-berry-tells-david-letterman-717089 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2965625/halle-berry-aliens-extant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2965625/halle-berry-aliens-extant/"},"headline":"Halle Berry Admits She Believes in Aliens","datePublished":"2014-07-08T12:35:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:28.411Z","description":"Bill Clinton agrees","url":"https://time.com/2965625/halle-berry-aliens-extant/","keywords":["celebrity","Newsfeed","Space","David Letterman","Bill Clinton","Alien"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2965625/halle-berry-aliens-extant/","name":"Halle Berry Admits She Believes in Aliens"}}]}] ```