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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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Television Actor
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City of Lakes
Son of my sorrow
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I think some of the most creative work is coming out of television. I felt it's very immediate and I like that. It's really fast. It's got a pace to it, and that's why I think everybody in my field wants to just do good material.
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I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.
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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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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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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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You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened.
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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.
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I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it's maybe because I grew up on that old glamour.
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I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged.
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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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I'd rather put on a pair of jeans and get on my Harley and act like a guy.
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I tend to ... if I decide to do a job, want to be able to trust my director...
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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 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 .
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When a person lives a very happy life they become beautiful.
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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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I don't believe in charmed lives. I think that tragedy is part of the lesson you learn to lift yourself up, to pick yourself up and to move on.
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We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn't mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.
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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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I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, All right, I did that.
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