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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.
Charlize Theron
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Charlize Theron
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 7
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I have a problem with cabinets being messy and people just shoving things in and closing the door. I will lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll say to myself: 'I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there.'
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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.
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People always say to me, What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies. And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them.
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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.
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I was going to go to Macchu Picchu and then I just ended up working the whole year.
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As you get older, you get wrinkles and your boobs sag. But you get wisdom, too. So it's not all bad!
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I know that I'm only as good as I am because of the things that I allow into myself and into my soul, because that's the stuff that I project back out.
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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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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.
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I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television.
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At the end of the day, I'd much rather do a piece about people in a story that I find riveting and intriguing and moving, versus really carrying some kind of heavy political agenda on my sleeve. That's not who I am.
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And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was doing work that wasn't necessarily given to me, and that people didn't necessarily think that I would be able to do.
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