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 rely on something else.

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 rely on something else.

Charlize Theron

Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.

Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.

I do this because I'm an observer of people. That's why I want to be an actor. I'm fascinated by human beings and the circumstances they find themselves in.

I do this because I'm an observer of people. That's why I want to be an actor. I'm fascinated by human beings and the circumstances they find themselves in.

I really love having an awareness.

I really love having an awareness.

I'd rather put on a pair of jeans and get on my Harley and act like a guy.

I'd rather put on a pair of jeans and get on my Harley and act like a guy.

I don't want to live in a world with blinders on.

I don't want to live in a world with blinders on.

I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious.

I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious.

I've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters.

I've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters.

We value some lives more than others.

We value some lives more than others.

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

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

Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up.

Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up.

My job as an actor, and the part of my job that I love is the transforming-and-becoming aspect of it, and so it doesn't become about me anymore.

My job as an actor, and the part of my job that I love is the transforming-and-becoming aspect of it, and so it doesn't become about me anymore.

I like being a cog in a wheel. I like being a small aspect of a much bigger thing, and I think my interest in that takes the pressure of myself.

I like being a cog in a wheel. I like being a small aspect of a much bigger thing, and I think my interest in that takes the pressure of myself.

I hate actors who come and quote Nietzsche.

I hate actors who come and quote Nietzsche.

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

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

I know that I'm only as good as I am because of the things that I allow into myself and into my soul, because that's the stuff that I project back out.

I know that I'm only as good as I am because of the things that I allow into myself and into my soul, because that's the stuff that I project back out.

I love being a woman and I love being feminine.

I love being a woman and I love being feminine.

What I know in my heart is that women and girls on the ground are powerful and that they are leaders.

What I know in my heart is that women and girls on the ground are powerful and that they are leaders.

Beauty is more than skin deep.

Beauty is more than skin deep.