Quotes by Charlize Theron

I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.

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.

I’m always open to a relationship, but I’m not putting those feelers out there now.

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.

When they watch a movie and they know that you’re in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.

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.

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.

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

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.’

So far I’m not surprised by anything about being a mom. It’s all pretty great – but that’s what I expected.