I feel really lucky to have the body I have; I love it!
– Charlize Theron
I think of myself as a highly sexual creature.
– Charlize Theron
I'd love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones.
– Charlize Theron
If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels.
– Charlize Theron
There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.
– Charlize Theron
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
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
You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman.
– Charlize Theron
When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.
– Charlize Theron
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
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
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
Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.
– Charlize Theron
I've always known I wanted a family.
– Charlize Theron
I'm always open to a relationship, but I'm not putting those feelers out there now.
– Charlize Theron
I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.
– Charlize Theron
I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.
– Charlize Theron
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
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 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
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
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.