Charlize Theron Quotes on Performance Arts (7 Quotes)

People said, 'Oh, you're doing another ugly movie,' ... I said, 'No, I'm doing another film about real people, and it's not about ugly vs. anything.' It's about searching for that constant truth, and I don't think I'll be able to sleep at night if I know I didn't search for that truth and implement it. I don't know how else to do it as an actor.

The celebrity status in Hollywood has gotten really out of control,

I come from a ballet background I did ballet for 12 years and I consider that my theater. I told stories with my body for 12 years and then came into this industry. I couldn't let go of that and it's still important to me. I really wanted to learn the skills of what Aeon had. I wanted to learn gymnastics I didn't want to just be on wires and fake everything. I learned some skills I never thought I would learn.

I had just arrived in Hollywood and didn't have a manager or agent. A very well known director contacted my modeling agency and said he had a small part for me in a big action film,

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.

The actress is going for a change of pace next. She's about to guest-star on five episodes of Fox's sitcom Arrested Development . I am a huge fan of the show, and I'm very picky with my comedy, ... I don't get to do comedy very often, and when they asked me, I jumped at the opportunity. I was ready to do something for fun.

It was a combination of my painkillers (for a neck injury) and the fact that everybody was paying tribute to this incredible woman, this incredible actress, so I had to go to the physical aspect of kissing her (bottom), ... She loved it. She said it was the best she's had all year.