November 10, 2005 | Says Theron:

"[Beauty] was never emphasized in the house I was raised in. I don't think my mom ever said, 'Isn't she a pretty girl?' She'd say, 'You should hear her sing. You should read this poem she wrote.' The praise was lways about what I'd done, not how I looked. . . What most people don't realize is that no matter how others see you, you have to wake up to yourself every morning."

—November 2005 Oprah Magazine