Charlize Theron Quotes
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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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Remember I came to Albuquerque to do a hair and makeup test and wardrobe fitting; you guys were already shooting. It's tough when the movie's already started and you kind of show up. You're the new kid on the block. I walked onto the set and Tommy Lee Jones was about to do the scene. I just kind of walked up to him. I was shaking, but I just gave him this big hug and he just had nothing to say. He was like, 'Gotta go to work now.' I had a great time working with him."
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I do have a sense of fear every day going to work, but I think it's something that I like. I mean I do like the feeling of waking up on my own, having this moment of like: "Oh, f**k, I hope I can do this today!" Because it makes you realise that you're working with material or you're working with a director or you're working with a cast and they're keeping you on your toes.
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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'd rather put on a pair of jeans and get on my Harley and act like a guy.
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I'd love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones.
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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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Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.
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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 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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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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I'd be unbelievably wrong to say there isn't such a thing as the right place, right time-luck.
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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.
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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 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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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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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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It Hancock happens to be a big budget film and big star like Will Smith, but it actually has a lot of weight to it. But it was very smart and very intelligent and had this kind of historical element to it that I was fascinated by. It's not silly. It's not stupid. It's fun, but I think it's smart. I think Akiva Goldsman writes really interesting material and there you have it.
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I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.
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I think in life we want to challenge ourselves.
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I grew up during apartheid; there was never a day in South Africa that was just great. I love that I've had success as an actor and producer, but I know the thing my children will know most about is the work I've done with HIV. Success in life is all about humanity.
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Modeling was never a passion of mine.
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Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.