Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron is an Oscar-winning South African and American actress. She has starred in several Hollywood films, such as The Devil's Advocate, Mighty Joe Young, The Cider House Rules, The Italian Job, Hancock, A Million Ways to Die in the Westand Mad Max: Fury Road...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth7 August 1975
CityBenoni, South Africa
mine worked
There were 400 of them, and they actually worked in the mine where this had happened,
granted
I never take that for granted, but I'm always very aware that I'm one person and I can't wear everything.
evolve
You have to keep evolving.
filmmakers job movies proven reflect taste year
It's our job as filmmakers to reflect the world right now, and this year has proven that you can make these movies and make them not taste like medicine.
oscar stood surreal won
This is very surreal for me because two years ago, I stood right here and won my Oscar for 'Monster.
aids
I want to be part of the generation that stops AIDS.
hard-work effort
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."
labor
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.
abuse affect affected bled children community constant happened stories telling work
Then they started telling me stories about how this abuse didn't just affect them. It affected their children when they went to school, when they went to go play hockey. It wasn't just something that happened at work and then it was done. It really bled into the community and there was just this constant fight.
helpful incredibly
She's very private, but she was incredibly helpful to me,
bothered
The idea of stuff just hanging in my closet and not being used - there's a little bit of the African in me that gets bothered by that [somewhat].
challenges sometimes behavior
You can shave your head, but I've had to gain a lot of weight for movies, I've had to drop weight really fast for movies. I've had to learn accents or embody physical behaviors or twitches and things like that. And sometimes you take to some things easily and sometimes [not]. That's the challenge of the job.
things-happen
One thing can make many other things happen.
awareness
I really love having an awareness.