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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.

Charlize Theron

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Charlize Theron
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 7
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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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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?
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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've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters.
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I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged.
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At the end of the day, I'd much rather do a piece about people in a story that I find riveting and intriguing and moving, versus really carrying some kind of heavy political agenda on my sleeve. That's not who I am.
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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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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 you want to] ask the question what is beautiful? It's the life that you lead. It's the life that all women lead.
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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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I think there is a part of me that's always a little bit like, Why would I torture myself? Just in case you forgot how big the shoes are you're walking in, take a look again
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I never take that for granted, but I'm always very aware that I'm one person and I can't wear everything.
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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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I havent lost my culture, just my accent.
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Men are like fine wines - the older they get, the better they get.
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I think of myself as a highly sexual creature.
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