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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.

Charlize Theron

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Charlize Theron
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 7
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Producer
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City of Lakes
Son of my sorrow
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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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I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me.
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I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.
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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.
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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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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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You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize.
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When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.
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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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Modeling was never a passion of mine.
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My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it.
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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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I think actors who know their job know that's how you do it. You don't show up and make people miserable. That poor grip who's standing there, he just wants to feed his family. He doesn't need to hear about your psychosis on life and love and death.
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I'm not a fan of justifying bad behavior or justifying why people are the way they are. I think that's a cop out. I don't have a lot of empathy for that.
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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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If I knew that 3D was going to be such a big deal, I would have gotten that boob job 10 years ago.
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I want to be in a good movie, and so the narrative is way more important.
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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
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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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Pride comes from a place of real acknowledgment that somebody's actually living their life for themselves, and I want to be that example for my son.
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