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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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Charlize Theron
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 7
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I don't think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure.
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I don't believe in making five-year plans. I don't want to say, Yes, I want to have children in the next five years, because I don't know. I've always known that I'd like to be a mom, but I don't want to live by a schedule. If I [did], I wouldn't be living in the moment.
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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 am South African and I am so aware, even as a white, privileged South African, that even within our community of privilege the idea of talking about sex or sexual preference or sexual identity or anything like that was just, nobody ever did that and nobody ever felt comfortable doing that.
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You have to be able to feel like you can play way outside of the box. If you're with a great filmmaker and someone you can trust, that's encouraged, and Seth was that kind of filmmaker and co-star.
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When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice.
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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 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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I do think that when you're specifically working in a country like South Africa, you have to be able to be aware of the cultural truth of what people are raised in and believe in and how they function within their society.
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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 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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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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We all understand situations where it's swim or drown. Sometimes we surprise ourselves when we start swimming and see how well we can do it.
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You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.
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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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Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up.
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I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television.
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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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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've always known I wanted a family.
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