Charlize Theron Telling Quotations

I was very scared going in, but also really excited about doing a film using my body again. I like that she never spoke. This character, she was very quiet, but she was telling her story through her body. It's a very physical role.

After Monster, when I started telling people about this story, some people said 'Oh, you're doing another ugly film'.

And the process is very physical, which is something I always wanted to do, since I came from a ballet background and I really like telling stories with my body. That was the challenge... . I don't want to keep repeating myself.

Then they started telling me stories about how this abuse didn't just affect them. It affected their children when they went to school, when they went to go play hockey. It wasn't just something that happened at work and then it was done. It really bled into the community and there was just this constant fight.