Charlize Theron Quotes - Page 5

Life is what you make it... and nowhere close to making mine the best it can be.

I know what I'm capable of wearing in one lifetime and what I really need.

You just don't know if you'll be around tomorrow. You just don't.

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 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?’

Women are not allowed to be [complicated] in our society. We're comfortable seeing women as great mothers, and then we're comfortable seeing them as hookers, but there's no in-between.

I'm happy for people who want to get married but it's not my thing. I'm extremely happy in my relationship and I would love to have kids.

I do have a sense of fear every day going to work, but I think it's something that I like. I mean I do like the feeling of waking up on my own, having this moment of like: "Oh, f**k, I hope I can do this today!" Because it makes you realise that you're working with material or you're working with a director or you're working with a cast and they're keeping you on your toes.

A while back there was this fad where a big star [would get] a producing credit and you'd ask around, and people were like, "No, they didn't produce, they just took the credit." I was flabbergasted. So when I started, people were weirded out by the fact that I was like, "How long is our prep? I'll come a week before that." They were like, "We're not shooting for six weeks."

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.

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.

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"

Boys don't really like big nerdy glasses. Not so much.

I don't like rehearsal.

I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films.

We value men more than women... straight love more than gay love... white skin more than black skin... and adults more than adolescents.

I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message.

You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened.

The thing I noticed is that a lot of times great material can get ruined if its not in the right hands.

Right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights. I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want to get married, that I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself [if I got married before they could].

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 people say women come into their prime in their 40s. And then for some reason our society just wants to go... it's like a dead flower.

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 .

As actors, we were fighting that tooth and nail because of fear, because language is a crutch and dialogue is a crutch, and it's so easy to just have a great writer write you a line.

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.