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
children son proud
Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.
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If people, critics respond to the film there, it starts a nice little wave of chat, which for a movie like 'North Country' is really important. It's one of those films that travels by word of mouth.
country thinking people
I was raised in a country [South Africa] with a lot of political turmoil. I was part of a culture and a generation that suppressed people and lived under apartheid regimes. I don't know how you can come out of that and not have an awareness for the world. I think that if my life had turned out any other way and I was working in a bank, I would still feel this way about it, because there's a connection to humanity that to me is really important.
beautiful
[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.
country believe thinking
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.
beautiful men thinking
It's ironic that we've built the beauty world around 20-year-olds, when they have no f - kin' concept about wisdom, what life is about, having a few relationships below [their] belt and feeling hardships, to grow into [their] skin and feel confident within [themselves] and to feel the value of who [they] are, not because of a man or because of something like that. And I think that's such a beautiful thing.
mother good-mother
I can be a really good mother because I'm happy.
mother home thinking
My interests still are my interests. That doesn't make me a bad mother. I think that makes me a really good mother, because when I go and creatively satisfy myself and those interests, I come home satisfied.
beautiful brave trying
There are very, very few brands that will be brave enough to really, completely take a step back and not to try and control what is considered beautiful.
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.
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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.
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This is very surreal for me because two years ago, I stood right here and won my Oscar for 'Monster.