Charlize Theron Quotes

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Charlize Theron

Profession : Actress

Birth : August 7, 1975

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.

Charlize Theron

I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.

Charlize Theron

Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.

Charlize Theron

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.

Charlize Theron

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

Charlize Theron

If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels.

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I am human, and, yeah, I have very bad days.

Charlize Theron

There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.

Charlize Theron

I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind of actor who gives you the opportunity to really go there. And we really had to go there. I mean, we were both playing drunks.

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Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up.

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I had these fangs because I had jaundice when I was a kid and I was put on so many antibiotics that my teeth rotted. They had to cut them out. So I never had milk teeth. That was tough, you know, being in school having photos taken while I was pretending I had teeth. It was hideous.

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You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.

Charlize Theron

At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.

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From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed. People keep saying, 'Oh, you're a single mom.' I'm like, 'Actually, I'm not. I've got two boys helping.'

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Modeling was never a passion of mine.

Charlize Theron

I learned everything about love, watching 'Splash.' That's why I'm still single, so thanks Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah for that.

Charlize Theron

People are so involved with immediate care, but at the same time there needs to be investment in educating people as adolescents when they're still HIV negative.

Charlize Theron

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.

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And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love.

Charlize Theron

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

Charlize Theron