Charlize Theron Quotes
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I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.
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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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You can shave your head, but I've had to gain a lot of weight for movies, I've had to drop weight really fast for movies. I've had to learn accents or embody physical behaviors or twitches and things like that. And sometimes you take to some things easily and sometimes not. That's the challenge of the job.
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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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Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.
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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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I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television.
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My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.
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Modeling was never a passion of mine.
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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've seen people talk about how they stopped polio, that was a generation that came together and said, "Let's do this." I think in the AIDS community we've become so complacent in that, it's like we just plateaued... We've completely neglected a whole young generation that is now highly infected.
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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 think it's interesting that women, by nature, are way more conflicted than men.
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It's ironic that we've built the beauty world around 20-year-olds, when they have no f - kin' concept about wisdom, what life is about, having a few relationships below their belt and feeling hardships, to grow into their skin and feel confident within themselves and to feel the value of who they are, not because of a man or because of something like that. And I think that's such a beautiful thing.
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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". Like, I think I pussy out. So, I'm not that kind of person.
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Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.
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Think bigger than society lets you think. And find mentors. My life is filled with people who knew me when I was 19 and had a horrible South African accent and bleach-blond hair and who believed in me in a way that was brutal. They were just unbelievable and consistent and smart. Find mentors who, every time you're with them, you're being schooled. Just absolutely schooled.
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I think a sense of humor is a very personal thing, and I don't know if I am talented enough to do romantic comedies.
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At the end of the day, I'd much rather do a piece about people in a story that I find riveting and intriguing and moving, versus really carrying some kind of heavy political agenda on my sleeve. That's not who I am.
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My thoughts and love go out to the Mandela family. Rest in peace Madiba. You will be missed, but your impact on this world will live forever.
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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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You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize.
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I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged.
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One thing can make many other things happen.