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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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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 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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Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.
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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 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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Men are like fine wines - the older they get, the better they get.
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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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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've always known I wanted a family.
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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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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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The human condition is all about us pretending to be something sometimes that we're not. When you get into the core of people kind of stripping all of that away, that's for me, as an actor, always the most fun stuff to do.
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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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I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged.
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You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman.
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I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television.
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Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up.
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I love being a woman and I love being feminine.
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I am a relationship girl. That's kind of just how I'm made... When you're in my life, it's actually very contained.
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