Charlize Theron Quotes
People always say to me, "What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies." And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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For me, I've learned if I want a very stable, normal relationship, where I'll be like, 'Okay, this is nice, I know what's going to happen in a month,' it's probably better to date outside the industry. But you can't help who you fall for. It's our dating pool.
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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My best friend is my husband.
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I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
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The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.
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Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight and disgust and fear and anger.
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I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.
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In my junior year, I studied geology on Saturday mornings at the Museum of Natural History. Mineralogy has always been a major interest.
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If you show people the problems and you show people the solutions they will be moved to act.
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I'm not trying to race the whole men's tour; I just want to race one time. If you know me, which most people on the World Cup do, they know that this is a legitimate goal of mine and not a publicity stunt.
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Most of what we see are white people.
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People always say to me, "What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies." And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them.
