385 Quotes by Charlize Theron

I’m always open to a relationship, but I’m not putting those feelers out there now.

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.

I didn’t grow up with a mother telling me what was under my clothes was bad or evil.

I’m a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets.

You just don’t know if you’ll be around tomorrow. You just don’t.

And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I’d be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that.

I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don’t angle it and you don’t hide things with smoke and mirrors.

I think actors who know their job know that’s how you do it. You don’t show up and make people miserable. That poor grip who’s standing there, he just wants to feed his family. He doesn’t need to hear about your psychosis on life and love and death.

Actors – we’re selfish, but we can’t think about the work in that kind of selfish manner. I think that you have to step away from yourself, if you’re going to do it. Otherwise don’t do it; otherwise why do it?