Charlize Theron quotes - page 2

I grew up on a farm in South Africa, so I've always been surrounded by animals. I was raised by a mother who always had great compassion and respect toward animals. It was instilled in me. I grew up that way. So when I see dogs or other animals suffer, it's just been something close to my heart. (Charlize Theron)
Yet there's a hunger in me still. I'm like only beginning. I feel like I still have so much to learn. View quote
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I like what I do, and I'm very fortunate now to be in a very nice place. Which is that I don't have to work anymore. So the work that I do now is purely because I really want to. View quote
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I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it's maybe because I grew up on that old glamour. View quote
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I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films. View quote
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I think in life we want to challenge ourselves. View quote
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When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly. View quote
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You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you. View quote
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I was raised with the idea that you can feel sorry for yourself, but then, get over it, because it doesn't get you anywhere. There was always this awareness that you have to be responsible for yourself in order to have what you want. View quote
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I hate actors who come and quote Nietzsche. View quote
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I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me. (Charlize Theron)
I have OCD, which is not fun. I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me. View quote
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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. View quote
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I always knew I would adopt. Always. View quote
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People are so involved with immediate care, but at the same time there needs to be investment in educating people as adolescents when they're still HIV negative. View quote
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If I knew that 3D was going to be such a big deal, I would have gotten that boob job 10 years ago. View quote
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So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected. View quote
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My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence. View quote
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I've always known I wanted a family. View quote
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I had these fangs because I had jaundice when I was a kid and I was put on so many antibiotics that my teeth rotted. They had to cut them out. So I never had milk teeth. That was tough, you know, being in school having photos taken while I was pretending I had teeth. It was hideous. View quote
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I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son. (Charlize Theron)
I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work. View quote
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Modeling was never a passion of mine. View quote
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I was going to go to Macchu Picchu and then I just ended up working the whole year. View quote
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I am a relationship girl. That's kind of just how I'm made... When you're in my life, it's actually very contained. View quote
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