Posted by Adam

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Charlize Theron hates being called a “movie star” — because it makes her feel worried.

The 34-year-old actress says she doesn’t want people to think she just shows up to red carpet events.

“When somebody calls me a movie star, I worry a bit,” she said. “It used to be about the work, but now it means you show up at the Oscars and look good.”

Theron — who was born in South Africa, but moved to New York as a teenager — says she decided to become an actress after her dancing dreams were shattered when her knee “blew out”.

“My mother said: ‘You can go back to South Africa and carry on sulking, or go to Hollywood. And you always liked movies’,” Charlize told the UK’s Sunday Times Style magazine. “The whole model-turned-actress thing doesn’t have a good track record.

“Today, younger girls are addicted to the fame, but that is not me. I keep all that stuff private.”

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