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I make a real effort to try and live in the real world and not just the dream world.

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Charlize Theron
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 7
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Television Actor
Voice Actor
City of Lakes
Son of my sorrow
Trying
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It's pretty impossible to be a South African and not have been personally affected by HIV or AIDS.
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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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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've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters.
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You choose the life you want for yourself, and then you just shut up and go about it. That's how I've lived my life.
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You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.
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I have OCD, which is not fun. I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me.
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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 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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Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up.
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People are so involved with immediate care, but at the same time there needs to be investment in educating people as adolescents when they're still HIV negative.
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I havent lost my culture, just my accent.
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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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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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