Charlize Theron

If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking. ”

I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work. ”

I've always known I wanted a family. ”

I am human, and, yeah, I have very bad days. ”

People are so involved with immediate care, but at the same time there needs to be investment in educating people as adolescents when they're still HIV negative. ”

If I don't like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, that's when I think I'll stop. ”