Charlize Theron says it's hard being a 'pretty' actress, Internet begs to differ
It ain't easy being ... beautiful?
Take it from Charlize Theron, the Oscar-winner who tells GQ that being a "gorgeous" actress leads to typecasting and is actually a hindrance for getting meaty, dramatic roles.
"Jobs with real gravitas go to people that are physically right for them and that’s the end of the story," she says. "How many roles are out there for the gorgeous, f*cking gown-wearing eight-foot model? When meaty roles come through, I’ve been in the room and pretty people get turned away first.”
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She also spoke about aging and the double standards men and women face.
“We live in a society where women wilt and men age like fine wine," she says. "And, for a long time, women accepted it. We were waiting for society to change, but now we’re taking leadership. It would be a lie to say there is less worry for women as they get older than there is for men ... It feels there’s this unrealistic standard of what a woman is supposed to look like when she’s over 40.”
However, her "pretty" comments lit up Twitter, with many disagreeing with her sentiment.
Here's Theron's cover of the magazine.
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Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
