I think more than anything, people just want to be understood.

I think more than anything, people just want to be understood.

Charlize Theron

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.

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

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

I make a real effort to try and live in the real world and not just the dream world.

I make a real effort to try and live in the real world and not just the dream world.

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

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

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

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

We all understand situations where it's swim or drown. Sometimes we surprise ourselves when we start swimming and see how well we can do it.

We all understand situations where it's swim or drown. Sometimes we surprise ourselves when we start swimming and see how well we can do it.

You have to keep evolving.

You have to keep evolving.

Men are like fine wines - the older they get, the better they get.

Men are like fine wines - the older they get, the better they get.

I'm a true believer that everything happens the way it should.

I'm a true believer that everything happens the way it should.

You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.

You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.