"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."
Charlize Theron"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."
Charlize Theron"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."
Charlize Theron"I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled."
Charlize Theron"I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe."
Charlize Theron"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."
Charlize Theron