385 Quotes by Charlize Theron

And didn't just happen in Minnesota, ... Anita Hill wasn't an isolated case. There are cases everywhere. And I don't think it's stopped.

I want my son to grow up with a mom that he could see and look at her life with all the mistakes and with all the failures and all the flaws and say, "My mom lived an authentic life. That was the life she wanted to live."

The fabric of my life is under my skin; [but] it's definitely not something that comes up in a conscious way when I read material. I have an incredible relationship with my mom, so I'm fascinated by mothers who do not have that. But I've never done anything that resembled my life. People always jump to that conclusion, and I wish life were that simple, but it's not.

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.

I'm interested in human behavior, and what happened in my family life is definitely not a unique story. There are aspects of that I'm sure you can see through the work. But I'm just looking for something that touches me.

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.

Oh my God I am so cool.

The tone is so important to a film, and that tone can really make something fall or succeed.

You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize.