Charlize Theron on the cover of Elle UK.
On moving to Hollywood: "I left home on my own. It was hard but I had been taught not to feel sorry for myself and to do things on my own. Even at school if me and some friends were in trouble, I would be the only child sitting in the head’s office without a parent. From a young age my mum taught me to look out for myself and deal with my own consequences. She had to give me armor."
On what attracted her to Stuart: "The most amazing thing about Stuart is he got through to me on a level that no one else did. In my life there have been two people who formed me. My mother made me strong and wanted me to be invincible. Stuart made me softer. He was one of the few guys who wasn’t afraid of me. What he saw was not toughness but vulnerability. I am massively vulnerable, and for so long I just worked hard to cover that up. Stuart wasn’t scared to confront that. He is the one man who never worries about kicking me up the backside. It’s a good thing."
On how their relationship began: "At first neither of us would admit to being a couple, but fate kept conspiring to put us together. He left Los Angeles and within a matter of days I had a shoot for ELLE in Paris. We met up afterwards in Dublin. Then he had more work booked in LA. I went out again to his flat in Ireland. It was just a couple of weeks into the relationship but I knew I was falling in love. We had a bottle of wine and just talked and talked. I stood up and said, 'Let’s pack up your stuff and ship everything to LA.' We spent all night packing and that was it."
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Christina on making sex a priority: “We make sure we
have mommy and daddy nights out. Our child comes first, obviously, but there are certain things you can do. Once we know he’s in good hands, we go out late at night and have a few drinks. Then we’ll come home, dim the lights and do our thing and I’m not going into any more detail than that!”
Christina on vowing that motherhood won’t stop her from
enjoying “naked Sundays”: “When it comes to things like our cosy naked Sundays I think it’s important for Jordan and I not to lose ourselves. Of course, having a child requires a lot of time and attention, but we think it’s really important to still have mommy and daddy time.”
Christina on being determined to keep her family out of the
spotlight: “A lot of people go out of their way [to be photographed]; I
make a conscious effort to keep me and my family out of the limelight. The other day a paparazzo actually pulled up to my husband on the street and said, ‘Geez, I know the new house is big, but I’ve been trying to get a picture of you for months–you never leave the house!’ And it’s true: I’ll go out at night after spending time with my son, but [during the day] I just hang out on my grounds, taking him for walks in the stroller in the backyard where we won’t be seen.”
Christina on how having a child has changed her own relationship with her mother: “It’s given me a deeper understanding of the things she went through. She had a difficult childhood, and I think she
wanted to make sure [I didn't go through that]–[yet] she ended up marrying an abuser. My mom was so giving, almost too much, that she almost forgot about herself many times. So I’m careful to make time for myself. Rather than change who I am for Max, I bring the life lessons I’ve learned to the table.”
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