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My job is to be a blank canvas & embody the characters that I'm playing.
Charlize Theron
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Charlize Theron
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 7
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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?’
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I want to be in a good movie, and so the narrative is way more important.
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And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I'd be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that.
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So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that.
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If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels.
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Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.
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I want my son to grow up with a mom that he could see and look at her life with all the mistakes and with all the failures and all the flaws and say, My mom lived an authentic life. That was the life she wanted to live.
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We all understand situations where it's swim or drown. Sometimes we surprise ourselves when we start swimming and see how well we can do it.
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I feel like I know South Africans. I feel like I know our culture.
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There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.
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It's so great as an actor to get the opportunity to do something that's incredibly truthful.
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I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line. Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the envelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look after myself as an actor.
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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.
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I do think that when you're specifically working in a country like South Africa, you have to be able to be aware of the cultural truth of what people are raised in and believe in and how they function within their society.
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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.
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I look at my career and how I'm doing it now. I feel like there is something authentic in that process that I still try not to over manipulate. When I feel something, I try to listen to that.
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In the story, I think as an actor you're just trying to fit into the world.
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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 havent lost my culture, just my accent.
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