Charlize Theron isn’t fond of actors who are ‘pretentious’ and act as though they are doing extremely hard or intelligent work. She prefers her costars to be professional people who just do the work as well as they can and show up on time. She also hopes that they study up on their roles to get a better understanding of their part:
“You know what I can’t stand? I hate actors who come and quote Nietzsche. I don’t like pretentious s**t. I like being around people who like to live life and understand the value of it. I need to be around people who understand we’re not curing cancer here. I like professional actors who show up, do the job and are not a pain in the a** to either myself or the crew. I don’t believe in this idea that if you’re f****d up and Method, that’s the only way to do good work. It’s bulls**t.”
Speaking on her newly adopted son Jackson, Charlize reveals that adopting was always something she wanted to do. Aged 8, she wrote a letter in which she mentioned her desire to adopt a baby:
“My mother found [it]. It said, ‘Would you please take me to orphanage, so that I can go and adopt a baby?’ I always knew I would adopt – always… It was never a question that one day I would have a child.”
On marriage, the actress comments that she treats each relationship as a marriage but doesn’t feel the need to walk down the aisle with anyone, something she believes could be because of her parents and their unhealthy marriage:
“It’s never been a fantasy of mine. Marriage has never been that important to me. I don’t know why exactly. Some might say it’s because my parents didn’t have a good marriage, but I don’t think so. I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn’t that important to me.”
