Charlize Theron Quotes
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I'm interested in human behavior, and what happened in my family life is definitely not a unique story. There are aspects of that I'm sure you can see through the work. But I'm just looking for something that touches me.
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My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it.
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As you get older, you get wrinkles and your boobs sag. But you get wisdom, too. So it's not all bad!
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I don't like rehearsal.
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Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have any power over.
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You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened.
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I don't want to live in a world with blinders on.
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My mother is one of those very unusual, superb human beings-she's innately strong and incredibly smart. She created an environment for me to explore who I was.
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I'd be unbelievably wrong to say there isn't such a thing as the right place, right time-luck.
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You just don't know if you'll be around tomorrow. You just don't.
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I don't really talk about my personal life and I don't really talk about my relationships. I'm not a big partier. I like the simplicity of my life, and I've chosen the kind of life I really want to live. I don't think my life is boring at all.
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I think in life we want to challenge ourselves.
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I met a woman in Albuquerque and she came and hung out with me in the trailer. It was really just more to kind of really understand my biggest concern was always the interrogation scenes. Remember, that's why I really wanted to meet somebody because you see those scenes on TV so much.
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I think some of the most creative work is coming out of television. I felt it's very immediate and I like that. It's really fast. It's got a pace to it, and that's why I think everybody in my field wants to just do good material.
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Other than vaccines and finding a cure, most funding goes toward putting people on treatment. That's completely valid and I understand that, but it's never how we're going to stop AIDS.
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I think there is a part of me that's always a little bit like, "Why would I torture myself? Just in case you forgot how big the shoes are you're walking in, take a look again"
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One thing can make many other things happen.
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I'm not a fan of justifying bad behavior or justifying why people are the way they are. I think that's a cop out. I don't have a lot of empathy for that.
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I don't believe in charmed lives. I think that tragedy is part of the lesson you learn to lift yourself up, to pick yourself up and to move on.
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I hate actors who come and quote Nietzsche.
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I don't try to kind of go for the overly sympathetic. I don't really like sympathy; I don't like it for myself. Sometimes sympathy you feel like, you're kind of trying to victimize someone.
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Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.
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The thing I noticed is that a lot of times great material can get ruined if its not in the right hands.
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I look at my career and how I'm doing it now. I feel like there is something authentic in that process that I still try not to over manipulate. When I feel something, I try to listen to that.