21 Quotes By Charlize Theron


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.
Charlize Theron on business

Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.
Charlize Theron on equality

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.
Charlize Theron on family

I've always known I wanted a family.
Charlize Theron on family

You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman.
Charlize Theron on fear

From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed. People keep saying, 'Oh, you're a single mom.' I'm like, 'Actually, I'm not. I've got two boys helping.'
Charlize Theron on home

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 on hope

Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.
Charlize Theron on marriage

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 on mom

You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened.
Charlize Theron on mom

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.
Charlize Theron on mom

From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed. People keep saying, 'Oh, you're a single mom.' I'm like, 'Actually, I'm not. I've got two boys helping.'
Charlize Theron on mom

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.
Charlize Theron on mom

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.
Charlize Theron on movies

At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.
Charlize Theron on peace

Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have any power over.
Charlize Theron on power

When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.
Charlize Theron on relationship

I'm always open to a relationship, but I'm not putting those feelers out there now.
Charlize Theron on relationship

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.
Charlize Theron on relationship

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.
Charlize Theron on travel