Charlize Theron Quotes

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.

One of the hardest things to do in acting is to stop thinking about yourself and stop being self-conscious.

Sometimes fake laughing is hard once you've done a scene 18 times. I don't want to brag, but I have a reputation for being very, very good at that. It's funny finding what's challenging about acting as you go.

Acting is a subtle combination of hiding and revealing yourself, and as I'm not an extrovert, this is painful for me.

I had always heard that theatre is for 'serious' actors but after actually having rehearsed day in and day out, I realize how challenging it is.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't there are there - just like when you're acting against CGI. Also, in a theater, the people in the back row can't see the whites of your eyes. Or your lips moving as you deliver dialogue.

For me, acting is doing.

With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.

It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up is so stressful before you get on stage, but acting is a complete ensemble experience.

Acting is what happens on the way.

The actor's role in the community is quite unlike anyone else's. Businessmen, for example, don't take their clothes off or cry in front of strangers in the course of their work. Actors do.

Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.

When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

Acting truly is a love of mine.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

If I could go back to my first year of acting school, I'd probably say: 'Relax. Stop taking yourself so seriously.'

I'm one of the actors who really enjoys working with kids and animals, which is always a no go. There's something beautiful about it because you tend to forget yourself as an actor.