Charlize Theron Quotes
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Charlize Theron Famous Quotes & Sayings
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It's in the eyes, mostly. Don't listen just to the other actor's lines. Look at - and listen to - their eyes. That's where the emotion comes through.
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 think a sense of humor is a very personal thing and I don't know if I am talented enough to do romantic comedies.
I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work.
I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set.
When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.
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.
I try to hang on to as much mystery as possible. How can we go through our lives not wanting to have any element of surprise?'
You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize.
Blade Runner was an incredibly influential movie, in terms of the way that it envisioned what the future was going to look like.
So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.
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.
As you get older, you get wrinkles and your boobs sag. But you get wisdom, too. So it's not all bad!
I don't think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure.
I learned everything about love, watching 'Splash.' That's why I'm still single, so thanks Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah for that.
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.
When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice.
I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I don't want to be anything other than what we are. I want to just be a woman.
I am a relationship girl. That's kind of just how I'm made ... When you're in my life, it's actually very contained.
Yet there's a hunger in me still. I'm like only beginning. I feel like I still have so much to learn.
The thing I noticed is that a lot of times great material can get ruined if its not in the right hands.
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.
You choose the life you want for yourself, and then you just shut up and go about it. That's how I've lived my life.
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.
There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.
You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened.
I'm open to anything, dude. I'm open to anything. That's what I would ask the aliens. I'd be like, "Do you watch 'Game of Thrones?'"
I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don't angle it and you don't hide things with smoke and mirrors.
I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son.
I'm a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets.
I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message.
Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.
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 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.'
I'm 50-50 on glamour stuff. I'd rather put on a pair of jeans and get on my Harley and act like a guy.
If I don't like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, that's when I think I'll stop.
When I find something that I really like and I can get it off, then I put my time and energy into that because it is a lot of work.
I like being a cog in a wheel. I like being a small aspect of a much bigger thing, and I think my interest in that takes the pressure of myself.