A biography for Charlize Theronhasn’t been written yet.
“Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up.”
“I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.”
“I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.”
“I guess there are very few actors that I've worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think you'll have that chance and, if we didn't do Italian Job together, there wouldn't be another one that could be right.”
“You can never get to a place of comfort in this business. As soon as you hit that little cushy spot, somebody's gonna kick you out. So I have a constant need to do it better.”
“Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.”
“I have a problem with cabinets being messy and people just shoving things in and closing the door. I will lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll say to myself: 'I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there.'”
“I'm always open to a relationship, but I'm not putting those feelers out there now.”
“You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened.”
“I'm happy for people who want to get married. It's not my thing.”
“When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.”
“There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.”
“I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work.”
“If I don't like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, that's when I think I'll stop.”
“I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind of actor who gives you the opportunity to really go there. And we really had to go there. I mean, we were both playing drunks.”
“Modeling was never a passion of mine.”
“I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.”
“I think of myself as a highly sexual creature.”
“They really stay just characters to me. I look at them, and I don't see always the same person up there. And hopefully, people will see that too. Because it's very easy to bore people, and that's a killer. So hopefully that won't happen.”
“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.”