I want to be in a good movie, and so the narrative is way more important. — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I don't feel it's my job anymore to be nice. In the beginning, if a stranger said, 'your movie was great', I… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking. — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don't angle it and you don't hide… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I tend to ... if I decide to do a job, want to be able to trust my director... — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
The tone is so important to a film, and that tone can really make something fall or succeed. — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
You have to be able to feel like you can play way outside of the box. If you're with a great filmmaker… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Well, life is dark. We live in a very dark world. When they call them "dark films" it annoys me, because they're… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think I have a real interest in filmmaking, and it's nice when I can go and do that sometimes. Then it's… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
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… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Whatever field you can do that, that's where you want to do it, and I think that's why people like David Fincher… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
It [Hancock] happens to be a big budget film and big star like Will Smith, but it actually has a lot of… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Remember I came to Albuquerque to do a hair and makeup test and wardrobe fitting; you guys were already shooting. It's tough… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
It took a while for me to be able to sit in a room of studios and financiers and say, "I'm not… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
I met a woman in Albuquerque and she came and hung out with me in the trailer. It was really just more to kind… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
It's in the eyes, mostly. Don't listen just to the other actor's lines. Look at - and listen to - their eyes. That's where… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
I don't try to kind of go for the overly sympathetic. I don't really like sympathy; I don't like it for myself. Sometimes sympathy… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
Looks alone won’t get you that far. It may get you in the door, but there’s always somebody younger, somebody prettier. You have to… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television. — Charlize Theron Copy Share
My thoughts and love go out to the Mandela family. Rest in peace Madiba. You will be missed, but your impact on this world… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled. — Charlize Theron Copy Share
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… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I don't want to be anything other than what we are. I want to just… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
I think of myself as a highly sexual creature, I have to use that, I like it.. I didn't grow up with a mother… — Charlize Theron Copy Share
I know what I'm capable of wearing in one lifetime and what I really need. — Charlize Theron Copy Share
![“It [Hancock] happens to be a big budget film and big star like Will Smith, but it actually has a lot of weight to it. But it was very smart and very intelligent and had this kind of historical element to it that I was fascinated by. It's not silly. It's not stupid. It's fun, but I think it's…” quote by Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fe1/charlize-theron-1430_bigs_it-hancock-happens-to-be-a-big-budget-fi_793217.jpg)
![“I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line." Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the envelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look…” quote by Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a61/charlize-theron-1430_actors_i-love-the-idea-of-longevity-in-this-car_35587.jpg)
![“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…” quote by Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e0d/charlize-theron-1430_albuquerque_remember-i-came-to-albuquerque-to-do-a-h_687648.jpg)
