Charlize Theron Quotes

I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don't angle it and you don't hide things with smoke and mirrors.

Charlize Theron

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• I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don't angle it and you don't hide things with smoke and mirrors.

  

  Charlize Theron
  • Mirror
  • Smoke
  • Filmmaking