385 Quotes by Charlize Theron

Life is what you make it... and nowhere close to making mine the best it can be.

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.

People said, 'Oh, you're doing another ugly movie,'  ... I said, 'No, I'm doing another film about real people, and it's not about ugly vs. anything.' It's about searching for that constant truth, and I don't think I'll be able to sleep at night if I know I didn't search for that truth and implement it. I don't know how else to do it as an actor.

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.

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.

People said, 'Oh, you're doing another ugly movie,'

It's in the eyes, mostly. Don't listen just to the other actor's lines. Look at - and listen to - their eyes. That's where the emotion comes through.

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.

After Monster, when I started telling people about this story, some people said 'Oh, you're doing another ugly film'.