Charlize Theron - "I Wanted To Be A Ballerina!”
The Academy Award winner on her dashed dancing dreams, her love of movie comedy, and meeting Nelson Mandela.
Is it true you started out life wanting to be a dancer?
Yes, a ballerina to be precise. I say that because we now live in a world where people hear ‘dancer’ and they think ‘stripper’. It didn’t happen but then Hollywood did happen and so I went off in a different direction.
Is it hard to transition from model/actress to out-and-out actress?
I was very, very lucky. Even when I was starting out in movies, I was being asked to play roles that called for me to do something more complex than simply standing around and looking nice. I’m sure I could very easily have been typecast but, like I said, luck and chance are both a factor in this line of work. I was very lucky.
What was Nelson Mandela like?
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