Fanie Theron Quotes

I don't believe in charmed lives. I think that tragedy is part of the lesson you learn to lift yourself up, to pick yourself up and to move on. ~ Charlize Theron

Theron lay awake, it seemed to him, for hours, listening tranquilly, and letting his mind wander at will through the pleasant antechambers of sleep, where are more unreal fantasies than dreamland itself affords. ~ Harold Frederic

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

Like, I think I pussy out. So, I'm not that kind of person. ~ Charlize Theron

I think in life we want to challenge ourselves. ~ Charlize Theron

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. ~ Charlize Theron

I have a problem with cabinets being messy and people just shoving things in and closing the door. I will lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll say to myself: 'I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there.' ~ Charlize Theron

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. ~ Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron is perfect. She holds herself with so much poise and grace. I don't know if she looks so good because she has the best body or because she has the confidence to feel comfortable in what she's wearing. ~ Alexandra Daddario

That which doesn't boil need not be stirred;
That which isn't shared never occurred. ~ Theron Arnold

Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses. ~ Jack Nicholson

Whatever field you can do that, that's where you want to do it, and I think that's why people like David Fincher and Ridley Scott are interested in it, too, because when you sit down on a meeting in HBO and they're like, "More, more." You're just like, "Oh yeah, I love this." Sometimes it's a little harder in film. I think also it's a great audience, take advantage of it. It's a great audience. ~ Charlize Theron

I think it's interesting that women, by nature, are way more conflicted than men. ~ Charlize Theron

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. ~ Charlize Theron

Meredith,' interposed Celia, 'makes one of his women, Emilia in England, say that poetry is like talking on tiptoe; like animals in cages, always going to one end and back again. ~ Harold Frederic

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

I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged ... ~ Charlize Theron

I'd really like having a couple days of being a rock star, although I'd rather be a backup - like maybe the drummer for Muse ... It would also be fun to be gorgeous, like be Charlize Theron, just for a couple of days. ~ Stephenie Meyer

I believe that we are living in an unprecedented time of change. The real danger for society is that people resist, ignore or run away from massive changes in their lives and consequently do themselves long-term damage. ~ Adele Theron

Teresa Lewis, the only woman on death row in Virginia, says she doesn't deserve the death penalty because she only hired the killers of her husband and stepson, she didn't actually pull the trigger herself. You know, she has a point. I think we should let her be able to hire the person who executes her, and not do yourself in! How's that, doll? Yeah! Get it over with quick, maybe Charlize Theron will sign up to play you. ~ Dennis Miller

When I find something that I really like and I can get it off, then I put my time and energy into that because it is a lot of work. ~ Charlize Theron

They really stay just characters to me. I look at them, and I don't see always the same person up there. And hopefully, people will see that too. Because it's very easy to bore people, and that's a killer. So hopefully that won't happen. ~ Charlize Theron

I don't like rehearsal. ~ Charlize Theron

I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me. ~ Charlize Theron

You get yourself out there and you work hard and you hope that word of mouth kind of carries and one day somebody will actually step up to the plate and say "I believe that you can do this." ~ 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. ~ Charlize Theron

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

I want to play a character I've never been before-a crazy serial killer like Charlize Theron in Monster. I'd love to have to shave my head. ~ Jennifer Lawrence

I learned everything about love, watching 'Splash.' That's why I'm still single, so thanks Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah for that. ~ Charlize Theron

Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question - I struggle with it morally. ~ Charlize Theron

So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore. ~ Charlize Theron

Remember I came to Albuquerque to do a hair and makeup test and wardrobe fitting; you guys were already shooting. It's tough when the movie's already started and you kind of show up. You're the new kid on the block. I walked onto the set and Tommy [Lee Jones] was about to do the scene. I just kind of walked up to him. I was shaking, but I just gave him this big hug and he just had nothing to say. He was like, 'Gotta go to work now.' I had a great time working with him. ~ Charlize Theron

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 am in love with your sinners," responded Theron, as he shook hands with Celia, and trusted himself to look fully into her eyes. "I've had five days of the saints, over in another part of the woods, and they've bored the head off me. ~ Harold Frederic

I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind of actor who gives you the opportunity to really go there. And we really had to go there. I mean, we were both playing drunks. ~ Charlize Theron

I love the way Charlize Theron and Kate Moss dress. ~ Pharrell Williams

I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much. ~ Charlize Theron

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not. ~ Charlize Theron

Modeling was never a passion of mine. ~ Charlize Theron

I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural. ~ Charlize Theron

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. ~ Charlize Theron

As you get older, you get wrinkles and your boobs sag. But you get wisdom, too. So it's not all bad! ~ Charlize Theron

I love being a woman and I love being feminine. ~ Charlize Theron

The thing I noticed is that a lot of times great material can get ruined if its not in the right hands. ~ Charlize Theron

I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message. ~ Charlize Theron

I've always said that I worry about being with a man who doesn't flirt. ~ Charlize Theron