Top quotes by Charlize Theron

At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did. Votes: 11

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. Votes: 10

I have OCD, which is not fun. I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me. Votes: 10

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. Votes: 9

Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question - I struggle with it morally. Votes: 9

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.' Votes: 9

I had these fangs because I had jaundice when I was a kid and I was put on so many antibiotics that my teeth rotted. They had to cut them out. So I never had milk teeth. That was tough, you know, being in school having photos taken while I was pretending I had teeth. It was hideous. Votes: 9

I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled. Votes: 9

And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I'd be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that. Votes: 8

I've always been very aware of balance and, even before I had a child, my life always takes priority to my work. Votes: 7

So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that. Votes: 7

I have a problem with cabinets being messy and people just shoving things in and closing the door. I will lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll say to myself: 'I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there.' Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you. Votes: 4

I think in life we want to challenge ourselves. Votes: 4

There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do. Votes: 4

I guess there are very few actors that I've worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think you'll have that chance and, if we didn't do Italian Job together, there wouldn't be another one that could be right. Votes: 3

ve had good friends who got married after they've been together for years and they've said that it was the "next step" for them. Or, they've said, "You just can't bail out anymore." And I've wondered, What made you think you could just bail out before [the wedding]? You don't invest that kind of time and energy with somebody and then just go, "All right, see you later." Votes: 3

I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people. Votes: 3

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not. Votes: 2

When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 1

I don't believe in charmed lives. I think that tragedy is part of the lesson you learn to lift yourself up, to pick yourself up and to move on. Votes: 0

And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love. Votes: 0

I'm happy for people who want to get married but it's not my thing. I'm extremely happy in my relationship and I would love to have kids. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm always open to a relationship, but I'm not putting those feelers out there now. Votes: 0

I'd love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones. Votes: 0

I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it's maybe because I grew up on that old glamour. Votes: 0

You're either a really good hooker or a really good mom. That kind of conflicted nature is very much a part of being a woman. Votes: 0

You have to be able to feel like you can play way outside of the box. If you're with a great filmmaker and someone you can trust, that's encouraged, and Seth was that kind of filmmaker and co-star. Votes: 0

Women are not allowed to be [complicated] in our society. We're comfortable seeing women as great mothers, and then we're comfortable seeing them as hookers, but there's no in-between. Votes: 0

Get on my Harley and act like a guy. Votes: 0

I'm 50-50 on glamour stuff. I'd rather put on a pair of jeans and get on my Harley and act like a guy. Votes: 0

Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up. Votes: 0

I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged... Votes: 0

I think actors who know their job know that's how you do it. You don't show up and make people miserable. That poor grip who's standing there, he just wants to feed his family. He doesn't need to hear about your psychosis on life and love and death. Votes: 0

I am going home and I think in a week or so, hopefully, I'll be done with all the press stuff, and then I can kind of into my cave and start preparing for "Mad Max." Votes: 0

My thoughts and love go out to the Mandela family. Rest in peace Madiba. You will be missed, but your impact on this world will live forever. Votes: 0

When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice. Votes: 0

I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much. Votes: 0

I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy. Votes: 0

Actors - we're selfish, but we can't think about the work in that kind of selfish manner. I think that you have to step away from yourself, if you're going to do it. Otherwise don't do it; otherwise why do it? Votes: 0

Beauty is more than skin deep. Votes: 0

I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don't angle it and you don't hide things with smoke and mirrors. Votes: 0

The human condition is all about us pretending to be something sometimes that we're not. When you get into the core of people kind of stripping all of that away, that's for me, as an actor, always the most fun stuff to do. Votes: 0

I'm a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets. Votes: 0

In the story, I think as an actor you're just trying to fit into the world. Votes: 0

When a person lives a very happy life they become beautiful. Votes: 0

I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell those books that are packaged to become films. Votes: 0

We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn't mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way. Votes: 0

You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it happened. Votes: 0

I am human, and, yeah, I have very bad days. Votes: 0

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe. Votes: 0

If I knew that 3D was going to be such a big deal, I would have gotten that boob job 10 years ago. Votes: 0

I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films. Votes: 0

I hate actors who come and quote Nietzsche. Votes: 0

And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was doing work that wasn't necessarily given to me, and that people didn't necessarily think that I would be able to do. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind of actor who gives you the opportunity to really go there. And we really had to go there. I mean, we were both playing drunks. Votes: 0

I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural. Votes: 0

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking. Votes: 0

So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore. Votes: 0

I'm happy for people who want to get married. It's not my thing. Votes: 0

I never take that for granted, but I'm always very aware that I'm one person and I can't wear everything. Votes: 0

As actors, we were fighting that tooth and nail because of fear, because language is a crutch and dialogue is a crutch, and it's so easy to just have a great writer write you a line. Votes: 0

I love fragrance for the pure fact that I think it's something that women utilize in a way to make themselves feel good, and I think this idea that we do it for men or for other people is such a misconception. Votes: 0

I don't think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure. Votes: 0

I know what I'm capable of wearing in one lifetime and what I really need. Votes: 0

I think people say women come into their prime in their 40s. And then for some reason our society just wants to go... it's like a dead flower. Votes: 0

You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize. Votes: 0

I've never been the kind of actress that just likes to show up and say my lines. I'm fascinated by what the crew does. Votes: 0

I can be a really good mother because I'm happy. Votes: 0

Looks alone wonât get you that far. It may get you in the door, but thereâs always somebody younger, somebody prettier. You have to rely on something else. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

What I know in my heart is that women and girls on the ground are powerful and that they are leaders. Votes: 0

We value some lives more than others. Votes: 0

I don't try to kind of go for the overly sympathetic. I don't really like sympathy; I don't like it for myself. Sometimes sympathy you feel like, you're kind of trying to victimize someone. Votes: 0

They really stay just characters to me. I look at them, and I don't see always the same person up there. And hopefully, people will see that too. Because it's very easy to bore people, and that's a killer. So hopefully that won't happen. Votes: 0

Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you. Votes: 0

I was raised in a country [South Africa] with a lot of political turmoil. I was part of a culture and a generation that suppressed people and lived under apartheid regimes. I don't know how you can come out of that and not have an awareness for the world. I think that if my life had turned out any other way and I was working in a bank, I would still feel this way about it, because there's a connection to humanity that to me is really important. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You can live vicariously through the characters you play. Votes: 0

I love being a woman and I love being feminine. Votes: 0

I really love having an awareness. Votes: 0

I've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters. Votes: 0

I think acting is really fully adapting to your surroundings, to your emotions, to the people that you're working with, to being tired, to wanting to go home, to being lonely, to being happy. I mean, it's adapting. For me, it is anyway. And trusting. Adapting and trusting. That's my format right there. Votes: 0

I think there is a great quote - and I feel horrible that I don't know who said this - but it was a great quote, it says, "The only difference between all of us are the ones who are loved and the ones who are not." Votes: 0

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that." Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Too many people have died so unnecessarily; AIDS is completely preventable, yet it's killing more kids in South Africa then everything else, and that's just not how it should be. Votes: 0

I can't live in a bubble and expect to come and work with Dior or go work on a movie and not have some kind of an evolution within myself and my own thought process and a passion about things or what's happening in the world. All of those things are the elements that make you who you are, and those are the things that sincerely come across in a photo or a commercial or in an interview. That's a constant thing for me. Votes: 0

I've always been comfortable with my sexuality. I'm blessed to have been raised by a woman who never made me feel ashamed about what's underneath my clothes. That's a part of me and I don't run away from it. Votes: 0

I think more than anything, people just want to be understood. Votes: 0

One thing can make many other things happen. Votes: 0

I think that women find their strength and power in their sexuality, in their sensuality within, [through] getting older and being secure within that. Votes: 0

You choose the life you want for yourself, and then you just shut up and go about it. That's how I've lived my life. Votes: 0

It's ironic that we've built the beauty world around 20-year-olds, when they have no f - kin' concept about wisdom, what life is about, having a few relationships below [their] belt and feeling hardships, to grow into [their] skin and feel confident within [themselves] and to feel the value of who [they] are, not because of a man or because of something like that. And I think that's such a beautiful thing. Votes: 0

've had good friends who got married after they've been together for years and they've said that it was the "next step" for them. Or, they've said, "You just can't bail out anymore." And I've wondered, What made you think you could just bail out before [the wedding]? You don't invest that kind of time and energy with somebody and then just go, "All right, see you later." Votes: 0

You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman. Votes: 0

I didn't grow up with a mother telling me what was under my clothes was bad or evil. Votes: 0

That's why I like my job so much, because at the end of the day they're fruits of labor that you don't pick very easily. And I love that. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I've always said that I worry about being with a man who doesn't flirt. Votes: 0

You can shave your head, but I've had to gain a lot of weight for movies, I've had to drop weight really fast for movies. I've had to learn accents or embody physical behaviors or twitches and things like that. And sometimes you take to some things easily and sometimes [not]. That's the challenge of the job. Votes: 0

I think I have a real interest in filmmaking, and it's nice when I can go and do that sometimes. Then it's also great to not do it and not have the responsibility . Votes: 0

Well, life is dark. We live in a very dark world. When they call them "dark films" it annoys me, because they're very real stories. They're stories I have seen or experienced or witnessed, and coming from that place, that is the hope of humanity. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I make a real effort to try and live in the real world and not just the dream world. Votes: 0

Our mechanics are engineered so that we can survive quite a lot, but I think our need to be loved is so great that itâs the thing that damages us the most. Votes: 0

I think that luxury is to be used when you are in your jeans and your T-shirt and you want to feel a little extra special, and you want to go and walk into a store and have somebody go, "Wow, what is that?" Maybe that's the one and only thing you give yourself that day, but I think women like to give that to themselves. Votes: 0

I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like this any more. Votes: 0

Yet there's a hunger in me still. I'm like only beginning. I feel like I still have so much to learn. Votes: 0

I'm not a fan of justifying bad behavior or justifying why people are the way they are. I think that's a cop out. I don't have a lot of empathy for that. Votes: 0

Other than vaccines and finding a cure, most funding goes toward putting people on treatment. That's completely valid and I understand that, but it's never how we're going to stop AIDS. Votes: 0

I havent lost my culture, just my accent. Votes: 0

I want to be part of the generation that stops AIDS. Votes: 0

I'm very attracted to characters who don't necessarily make it easy to be loved. Votes: 0

I think it's interesting that women, by nature, are way more conflicted than men. Votes: 0

[If you want to] ask the question what is beautiful? It's the life that you lead. It's the life that all women lead. Votes: 0

I was raised with the idea that you can feel sorry for yourself, but then, get over it, because it doesn't get you anywhere. There was always this awareness that you have to be responsible for yourself in order to have what you want Votes: 0

I hate table reads. I hate anything where you have to say the words out loud. Votes: 0

There are very, very few brands that will be brave enough to really, completely take a step back and not to try and control what is considered beautiful. Votes: 0

We don't live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals for fashion. Votes: 0

There's always been a celebration of what is that moment, whoever I am at that moment in my life. [It] is a very real way of looking at beauty. Votes: 0

I've never been driven by box office. Votes: 0

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career. Votes: 0

You have to keep evolving. Votes: 0

I try to hang on to as much mystery as possible. How can we go through our lives not wanting to have any element of surprise?â Votes: 0

I always knew I would adopt. Always. Votes: 0

My interests still are my interests. That doesn't make me a bad mother. I think that makes me a really good mother, because when I go and creatively satisfy myself and those interests, I come home satisfied. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm a true believer that everything happens the way it should. Votes: 0

People need to understand that what happens in people's homes and behind closed doors, unless you were there, you really shouldn't make any analogy or any assumption, which writers do quite a bit. It's not something I ever for one second thought about. This is not my life story, and I've never told my life story, and I have no interest in telling my life story. Votes: 0

I want my son to grow up with a mom that he could see and look at her life with all the mistakes and with all the failures and all the flaws and say, "My mom lived an authentic life. That was the life she wanted to live." Votes: 0

Life is what you make it... and nowhere close to making mine the best it can be. Votes: 0

I've seen people talk about how they stopped polio, that was a generation that came together and said, "Let's do this." I think in the AIDS community we've become so complacent in that, it's like we just plateaued... We've completely neglected a whole young generation that is now highly infected. Votes: 0

I don't want to live in a world with blinders on. Votes: 0

In life we want to challenge ourselves. Votes: 0

My job is to be a blank canvas & embody the characters that I'm playing. Votes: 0

I don't want to live in a world where I just kind of play on my naÃ¯vetÃ© - well if I don't know it, then it doesn't exist. Votes: 0

I think of myself as a highly sexual creature Votes: 0

We value men more than women... straight love more than gay love... white skin more than black skin... and adults more than adolescents. Votes: 0

Pride comes from a place of real acknowledgment that somebody's actually living their life for themselves, and I want to be that example for my son. Votes: 0

If you were a single mom, there's no way to support yourself and your kids by working in a hair salon. It's about a woman who decides to go and do what was considered a man's job, but was treated quite horribly for it and decides she has to fight for her rights when everyone thinks she should just shut up and take it. Votes: 0

I love that old glamour look. I think it's because I grew up on it. Votes: 0

It's in the eyes, mostly. Don't listen just to the other actor's lines. Look at - and listen to - their eyes. That's where the emotion comes through. Votes: 0

There's an instant access to luxury that I think women really appreciate. Votes: 0

I don't really talk about my personal life and I don't really talk about my relationships. I'm not a big partier. I like the simplicity of my life, and I've chosen the kind of life I really want to live. I don't think my life is boring at all. Votes: 0

I feel like I know South Africans. I feel like I know our culture. Votes: 0

It's pretty impossible to be a South African and not have been personally affected by HIV or AIDS. Votes: 0

Right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights. I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want to get married, that I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself [if I got married before they could]. Votes: 0

Modeling was never a passion of mine. Votes: 0

As you get older, you get wrinkles and your boobs sag. But you get wisdom, too. So it's not all bad! Votes: 0

I am South African and I am so aware, even as a white, privileged South African, that even within our community of privilege the idea of talking about sex or sexual preference or sexual identity or anything like that was just, nobody ever did that and nobody ever felt comfortable doing that. Votes: 0

I've always known I wanted a family. Votes: 0

I was going to go to Macchu Picchu and then I just ended up working the whole year. Votes: 0

I do think that when you're specifically working in a country like South Africa, you have to be able to be aware of the cultural truth of what people are raised in and believe in and how they function within their society. Votes: 0

I like what I do, and I'm very fortunate now to be in a very nice place. Which is that I don't have to work anymore. So the work that I do now is purely because I really want to. Votes: 0

I'd be unbelievably wrong to say there isn't such a thing as the right place, right time-luck. Votes: 0

Like, I think I pussy out. So, I'm not that kind of person. Votes: 0

My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it. Votes: 0

I want to be in a good movie, and so the narrative is way more important. Votes: 0

When I'm naked, I really like to do push-ups. No. I think I really tackle it like everything else. If you're going to commit yourself to playing something, you have to be able to understand it. If you can understand it, then you can do it and go balls out with it. But, I've never been in a position where I've been like, "This doesn't feel right." I wouldn't do it, if it was that. I like the shock value of it. I think that, if you use it correctly, it's pretty effective, as long as I'm lit really, really, really well. Votes: 0

I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set. Votes: 0

The idea of stuff just hanging in my closet and not being used - there's a little bit of the African in me that gets bothered by that [somewhat]. Votes: 0

I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television. Votes: 0

You just don't know if you'll be around tomorrow. You just don't. Votes: 0

I've never been a fan of labels. I think its very easy to kind of look at somebody and just kind of throw a label on them 'They're crazy.' Votes: 0

Men are like fine wines - the older they get, the better they get. Votes: 0

I'm open to anything, dude. I'm open to anything. That's what I would ask the aliens. I'd be like, "Do you watch 'Game of Thrones?'" Votes: 0

When I find something that I really like and I can get it off, then I put my time and energy into that because it is a lot of work. Votes: 0

I'm interested in human behavior, and what happened in my family life is definitely not a unique story. There are aspects of that I'm sure you can see through the work. But I'm just looking for something that touches me. Votes: 0

I think there is a part of me that's always a little bit like, "Why would I torture myself? Just in case you forgot how big the shoes are you're walking in, take a look again" Votes: 0

I think some of the most creative work is coming out of television. I felt it's very immediate and I like that. It's really fast. It's got a pace to it, and that's why I think everybody in my field wants to just do good material. Votes: 0

I tend to, if I decide to do a job, want to be able to trust my director. Votes: 0

Whatever field you can do that, that's where you want to do it, and I think that's why people like David Fincher and Ridley Scott are interested in it, too, because when you sit down on a meeting in HBO and they're like, "More, more." You're just like, "Oh yeah, I love this." Sometimes it's a little harder in film. I think also it's a great audience, take advantage of it. It's a great audience. Votes: 0

I think a sense of humor is a very personal thing and I don't know if I am talented enough to do romantic comedies. Votes: 0

I look at my career and how I'm doing it now. I feel like there is something authentic in that process that I still try not to over manipulate. When I feel something, I try to listen to that. Votes: 0

You get yourself out there and you work hard and you hope that word of mouth kind of carries and one day somebody will actually step up to the plate and say "I believe that you can do this." Votes: 0

The thing I noticed is that a lot of times great material can get ruined if its not in the right hands. Votes: 0

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I don't want to be anything other than what we are. I want to just be a woman. Votes: 0

I think since I did Monster I really started understanding how hard it is for first time directors. I think there's a lot of great stories out there, but it's high risk. Votes: 0

People always say to me, "What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies." And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them. Votes: 0

Fran McDormand was great because she said, 'What I used to do when I worked with him was I would just walk on the set and I would give him a big hug. Somehow his guard would just drop.' So I took that advice. Votes: 0

I do have a sense of fear every day going to work, but I think it's something that I like. I mean I do like the feeling of waking up on my own, having this moment of like: "Oh, f**k, I hope I can do this today!" Because it makes you realise that you're working with material or you're working with a director or you're working with a cast and they're keeping you on your toes. Votes: 0

It's so great as an actor to get the opportunity to do something that's incredibly truthful. Votes: 0

Remember I came to Albuquerque to do a hair and makeup test and wardrobe fitting; you guys were already shooting. It's tough when the movie's already started and you kind of show up. You're the new kid on the block. I walked onto the set and Tommy [Lee Jones] was about to do the scene. I just kind of walked up to him. I was shaking, but I just gave him this big hug and he just had nothing to say. He was like, 'Gotta go to work now.' I had a great time working with him." Votes: 0

I don't believe in making five-year plans. I don't want to say, "Yes, I want to have children in the next five years," because I don't know. I've always known that I'd like to be a mom, but I don't want to live by a schedule. If I [did], I wouldn't be living in the moment. Votes: 0

I was pretty much a mess out of primary school. I really experienced a lot more of that stuff from the ages of seven to twelve, where there was a really popular girl at my school, and I was obsessed with her, like you'd go to jail for that stuff today. I'm so embarrassed to say this, but I was in tears one day, because I couldn't sit next to her. Votes: 0

The tone is so important to a film, and that tone can really make something fall or succeed. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, I'd much rather do a piece about people in a story that I find riveting and intriguing and moving, versus really carrying some kind of heavy political agenda on my sleeve. That's not who I am. Votes: 0

Boys don't really like big nerdy glasses. Not so much. Votes: 0

A while back there was this fad where a big star [would get] a producing credit and you'd ask around, and people were like, "No, they didn't produce, they just took the credit." I was flabbergasted. So when I started, people were weirded out by the fact that I was like, "How long is our prep? I'll come a week before that." They were like, "We're not shooting for six weeks." Votes: 0

I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line." Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the Âenvelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look after myself as an actor. Votes: 0

Oh my God I am so cool. Votes: 0

I met a woman in Albuquerque and she came and hung out with me in the trailer. It was really just more to kind of really understand my biggest concern was always the interrogation scenes. Remember, that's why I really wanted to meet somebody because you see those scenes on TV so much. Votes: 0

The fabric of my life is under my skin; [but] it's definitely not something that comes up in a conscious way when I read material. I have an incredible relationship with my mom, so I'm fascinated by mothers who do not have that. But I've never done anything that resembled my life. People always jump to that conclusion, and I wish life were that simple, but it's not. Votes: 0

I don't like rehearsal. Votes: 0

You're very in tune with, because actors are all different, and it's very tricky when you throw us all together because we all work differently. You want to get the best work out of every individual actor. Votes: 0

It [Hancock] happens to be a big budget film and big star like Will Smith, but it actually has a lot of weight to it. But it was very smart and very intelligent and had this kind of historical element to it that I was fascinated by. It's not silly. It's not stupid. It's fun, but I think it's smart. I think Akiva [Goldsman] writes really interesting material and there you have it. Votes: 0

Tommy [ Lee Jones] doesn't suffer fools easily. I think everybody knows that, but I have great respect for someone that's very direct and very honest. I don't have thin skin so I'm okay with that. Votes: 0

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