#si

A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#captures #essence #form #novel #other

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. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#because #character #charlize theron #films #guess

Modeling was never a passion of mine. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#modeling #never #passion

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. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#career #conscious #conscious decision #decision #did

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. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#because #before #called #couple #did

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months. ↗

— Kristin Scott Thomas

#draining #english #imagine #months #patient

I learned everything about love, watching 'Splash.' That's why I'm still single, so thanks Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah for that. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#everything #hanks #hannah #i #learned

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. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#anymore #bit #career #did #down

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. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#business #comfort #constant #constant need #get

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#contracts #extensive #feeling #first #induces