Charlize Theron Quotes
- All Quotes
-
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.
-
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?
-
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.
-
I'm a true believer that everything happens the way it should.
-
I tend to ... if I decide to do a job, want to be able to trust my director...
-
We value some lives more than others.
-
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.
-
I've always said that I worry about being with a man who doesn't flirt.
-
Fran McDormand was great because she said, 'What I used to do when I worked with him was I would just walk on the set and I would give him a big hug. Somehow his guard would just drop.' So I took that advice.
-
I didn't grow up with a mother telling me what was under my clothes was bad or evil.
-
I am South African and I am so aware, even as a white, privileged South African, that even within our community of privilege the idea of talking about sex or sexual preference or sexual identity or anything like that was just, nobody ever did that and nobody ever felt comfortable doing that.
-
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.'
-
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.
-
I'm very attracted to characters who don't necessarily make it easy to be loved.
-
In the story, I think as an actor you're just trying to fit into the world.
-
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.
-
I think actors who know their job know that's how you do it. You don't show up and make people miserable. That poor grip who's standing there, he just wants to feed his family. He doesn't need to hear about your psychosis on life and love and death.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious.
-
I never take that for granted, but I'm always very aware that I'm one person and I can't wear everything.
-
My job is to be a blank canvas & embody the characters that I'm playing.
-
I havent lost my culture, just my accent.
-
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.