Charlize Theron Quotes
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I've had good friends who got married after they've been together for years and they've said that it was the "next step" for them. Or, they've said, "You just can't bail out anymore." And I've wondered, What made you think you could just bail out before the wedding? You don't invest that kind of time and energy with somebody and then just go, "All right, see you later."
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I think it's interesting that women, by nature, are way more conflicted than men.
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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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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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That's why I like my job so much, because at the end of the day they're fruits of labor that you don't pick very easily. And I love that.
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I can be a really good mother because I'm happy.
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One thing can make many other things happen.
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Modeling was never a passion of mine.
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I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television.
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You have to be able to feel like you can play way outside of the box. If you're with a great filmmaker and someone you can trust, that's encouraged, and Seth was that kind of filmmaker and co-star.
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I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.
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I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged.
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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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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 do this because I'm an observer of people. That's why I want to be an actor. I'm fascinated by human beings and the circumstances they find themselves in.
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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.
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I've always known I wanted a family.
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Pride comes from a place of real acknowledgment that somebody's actually living their life for themselves, and I want to be that example for my son.
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We don't live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals for fashion.
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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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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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Oh my God I am so cool.
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I feel like I know South Africans. I feel like I know our culture.
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When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.