Charlize Theron Quotes
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When I find something that I really like and I can get it off, then I put my time and energy into that. It is a lot of work....
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I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell those books that are packaged to become films.
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We value men more than women... straight love more than gay love... white skin more than black skin... and adults more than adolescents.
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My job as an actor, and the part of my job that I love is the transforming-and-becoming aspect of it, and so it doesn't become about me anymore.
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I've always said that I worry about being with a man who doesn't flirt.
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I think that women find their strength and power in their sexuality, in their sensuality within, through getting older and being secure within that.
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I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like this any more.
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I think that luxury is to be used when you are in your jeans and your T-shirt and you want to feel a little extra special, and you want to go and walk into a store and have somebody go, "Wow, what is that?" Maybe that's the one and only thing you give yourself that day, but I think women like to give that to themselves.
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The tone is so important to a film, and that tone can really make something fall or succeed.
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You're very in tune with, because actors are all different, and it's very tricky when you throw us all together because we all work differently. You want to get the best work out of every individual actor.
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You're either a really good hooker or a really good mom. That kind of conflicted nature is very much a part of being a woman.
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I want to be part of the generation that stops AIDS.
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I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious.
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Actors - we're selfish, but we can't think about the work in that kind of selfish manner. I think that you have to step away from yourself, if you're going to do it. Otherwise don't do it; otherwise why do it?
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Looks alone won’t get you that far. It may get you in the door, but there’s always somebody younger, somebody prettier. You have to rely on something else.
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I was pretty much a mess out of primary school. I really experienced a lot more of that stuff from the ages of seven to twelve, where there was a really popular girl at my school, and I was obsessed with her, like you'd go to jail for that stuff today. I'm so embarrassed to say this, but I was in tears one day, because I couldn't sit next to her.
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I've never been the kind of actress that just likes to show up and say my lines. I'm fascinated by what the crew does.
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I think more than anything, people just want to be understood.
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I've never been a fan of labels. I think its very easy to kind of look at somebody and just kind of throw a label on them 'They're crazy.'
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When I'm naked, I really like to do push-ups. No. I think I really tackle it like everything else. If you're going to commit yourself to playing something, you have to be able to understand it. If you can understand it, then you can do it and go balls out with it. But, I've never been in a position where I've been like, "This doesn't feel right." I wouldn't do it, if it was that. I like the shock value of it. I think that, if you use it correctly, it's pretty effective, as long as I'm lit really, really, really well.
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We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn't mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.
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If you want to ask the question what is beautiful? It's the life that you lead. It's the life that all women lead.
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I think I have a real interest in filmmaking, and it's nice when I can go and do that sometimes. Then it's also great to not do it and not have the responsibility.
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I'm a true believer that everything happens the way it should.