“I’m very proud of that Oscar and I understand what an honour it is because I have so many actors I admire tremendously that have never experienced that,” the Daily Express quoted her as saying.
The actress had taken home the prize for her role of real-life murderer Aileen Wuornos in ‘Monster’.
The beauty has in fact placed it at a place in her house where people can notice it.
She added: “It’s in my office, right next to a bathroom that lots of people use in the house. People will come up and be like, ”I just walked past an Oscar.” I’ll be like, ”Isn’t that awesome?”
Source: Times of India

Hollywood actress Charlize Theron hit rock bottom when her dreams of becoming a prima ballerina were shattered but it was her mother who encouraged her to try her luck at acting instead.
The South African beauty trained as a ballet dancer in New York City, but a knee injury at 19 left her devastated and ruined any chance she had of turning her passion into a career. Now the star has heaped praise on her mother for helping her out of her slump and launching her Hollywood career, reported imdb.com.
‘I remember at night, crying my eyes out and eating four pints of ice cream because I couldn’t dance anymore, and my mom saying ‘Well, why don’t …

Charlize Theron knows “a lot” of sex addicts.
The Burning Plain actress understands the pain and confusion that surround sexual obsessions, and the way they tear families apart.
The 34-year-old star: “I’ve personally met a lot of parents, actually, who’ve lost children because they’re suffering from sex addiction and they tend to split up.
“It’s not that one would consciously cheat, but it really is a moment that’s not about the sex. When you’re addicted to it, things actually happen to your body and to your brain that chemically changes you, and so it is like shooting heroin or having a drink.”
Theron denies ever suffering from an addiction herself, but admits her father battled with various dependencies when …

Charlize Theron owes her career to a late-night meltdown with her mom.
The Oscar winner, 34, whose romantic drama Burning Plain is in theaters now, opens up during her Quintessentially-sponsored NYC premiere.
What has been the defining moment of her life so far?
“I’ve had a few, I have to say,” the South African-born stunner tells me. “I remember at night, at like 2 in the morning, with my mom in the City in a basement on, like, 21st Street, crying my eyes out and eating four pints of ice cream because I couldn’t dance anymore, and my mom saying ‘well, why don’t you try acting?’ I mean … because of some crazy moment at 2 a.m. with …

The South African-born actress became an American citizen in 2007 but initially outstayed her welcome in the States when she was struggling to find work after her breakthrough role in Two Days In The Valley.
As her work visa expired, Theron was still fighting for roles in Hollywood – and had just landed a role opposite Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves in 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate when immigration officials caught up with her.
She explains, ‘I had to hold out for two years after playing the femme fatale in Two Days In The Valley because people wanted me to play that role. I think there was a conscious effort on my part to hold back and …

“Let the Right One In” helmer Tomas Alfredson will direct Nicole Kidman in true-life sex-change drama “The Danish Girl.”
Script is written by Lucinda Coxon, based on David Ebershoff’s novel about Danish painter Einar Wegener (Kidman), who in 1931 became the first person to go through a sex-change operation to become a woman.
However, Charlize Theron, who had been attached to play Wegener’s wife, Gerda, has left the production.
Source: Variety

Charlize Theron listened to Indian chanting when she shot her latest Dior campaign.
The Hollywood beauty, who is the face of Dior’s J’Adore fragrance, relied on relaxing music to cope with the fast pace of a recent photo shoot to celebrate the perfume’s 10th anniversary.
The campaign’s make-up artist Shane Paish said: “We listened to tons of different music to stay inspired, everything from Culture Club to Indian chanting. The mood was fun, fast-paced and creative.”
Paish also revealed that during the Los Angeles photo shoot Charlize experimented with several strong ideas which could feature in the new adverts.
He explained to People magazine: “There were so many looks. It was like working on a non-stop treadmill – shooting …

Hollywood actress Charlize Theron got a rude shock when she learnt that people from her native land South Africa have poor knowledge about AIDS.
In South Africa HIV-positive men believe that by having sex with a young virgin can be cure them of this disease. Town Rape Crisis Centre in 1999 was opened in a bid to stop the spread of AIDS but decade later people are still under the illusion that simple cures can help them get past it.
The men rape young child or virgin in hope to cure themselves, not realizing that they are spreading it further. Theron feels that it is the lack of proper knowledge about AIDS and superstitions of people which …

The Toronto International Film Festival has ramped up its star power with titles featuring such top talent as George Clooney, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Natalie Portman and Canadian Michael Cera.
Seven newly added films will get the red-carpet gala treatment, including The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring Ewan McGregor as a reporter chasing a tip from an ex-military figure, played by Clooney.
The dark comedy, co-starring Jeff Bridges and directed by Grant Heslov, is Clooney’s second at the fest this year, after the previously announced Up in the Air, lensed by Montreal’s Jason Reitman.
Theron and Duvall team up with Viggo Mortensen and Guy Pearce in The Road, a post-apocalyptic tale of survival adapted from the …

Charlize Theron often feels like she has taken cocaine.
The ‘Burning Plain’ actress constantly feels anxious about things she has said, and likens the worry to how people feel the day after they’ve taken illegal drugs.
She revealed to America’s Vogue magazine: “People tell me that cocaine makes you feel superhuman and you’ll say anything. Then, when you come down, all of a sudden you have guilt. But I have that feeling innately, even without the cocaine.”
The 34-year-old star has also spoken about the public perception of her, insisting her good looks often lead people to assume she is shallow.
She explained: “This package does not describe the centre of my creamy goodness. I cut my hair really …