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Actors - we're selfish, but we can't think about the work in that kind of selfish manner. I think that you have to step away from yourself, if you're going to do it. Otherwise don't do it otherwise why do it?

Charlize Theron

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Charlize Theron
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 7
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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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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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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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Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up.
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I've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters.
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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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I havent lost my culture, just my accent.
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My mother is one of those very unusual, superb human beings-she's innately strong and incredibly smart. She created an environment for me to explore who I was.
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I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like this any more.
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You get yourself out there and you work hard, and you hope that word of mouth carries and one day somebody will actually step up to the plate and say, 'I believe that you can do this.'
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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 love being a woman and I love being feminine.
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When a person lives a very happy life they become beautiful.
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I think there is a great quote - and I feel horrible that I don't know who said this - but it was a great quote, it says, The only difference between all of us are the ones who are loved and the ones who are not.
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Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.
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That's why I like my job so much, because at the end of the day they're fruits of labor that you don't pick very easily. And I love that.
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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 think a sense of humor is a very personal thing, and I don't know if I am talented enough to do romantic comedies.
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I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged.
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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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