womens: Charlize Theron: "I don't like when people hang labels"

On American screens released film "Poor rich girl" in which the main part is played by Charlize Theron. This is the first picture of the actress after the film "the Road", which was released in 2009. The correspondent of "voice of America" Galina Galkina met with the owner of "Oscar" in London, the Princess of Wales theatre.

Charlize Theron:

Galina Galkina: As you spent the last couple of years? In search of suitable scenarios?

Charlize Theron: Sat on the couch and eat potato chips. (Laughs). No, I was going to do "Mad Max 4" with Director George Miller in Australia. It was a project, but I managed to stay there only two weeks before the shooting of this film decided to move. And then called Jason Reitman and said, "let us make "Poor rich girl"". I agreed, despite the fact that I had plans with his own production company.

Gg: Tell us about your character, Mavis Gary. In the film, she admits that became an alcoholic, and judging by some of the episodes, she may be mentally ill.

W. So: I don't like when people hang labels. Seeing that someone behaves in a certain way, immediately draw conclusions - in short, judge. Me this lesson has never been a priority. Personally, I think Mavis is quite immoral, if not despicable. But this does not mean that I have to her disgust. It is interesting, and I would go with her to the bar to drink beer. But I would never have agreed to the fact that she went there with my boyfriend.

When I read the screenplay Diablo Cody, I liked the idea of showing a woman about thirty years old with a ponytail, which was faced with a midlife crisis. However, it solves the problem about the same as it did in 16 years. And it seems to me that this is precisely what captivates in her character. Mavis says that love conquers all is a very typical 16-year-old. 36-year-old woman usually tries to combine separate pieces of your life together, that they were not scattered, but Mavis for this do not have the necessary skills.

Gg: You are the same age as your heroine, and it is no secret that you recently broke up with her boyfriend, with whom you have been together for nine years. And you didn't recall with nostalgia their school boyfriend?

W. So: The fact that, unlike Mavis, I was not popular in school and remember I have nothing - the boys ignored me. At 19 years old I fell in love, and I reciprocated. Since then I've had a few serious novels, and that's the first time I was left alone. But I am very serious about his loneliness, considering that must recharged, and to reinvent itself, and it is very difficult. I am one of those women who feels much more comfortable in relationships with men, than alone. But the loneliness has its positive and even attractive side, and I try to get pleasure from them.

Charlize Theron:

Gg: Your heroine wanted to be happy. Do you believe in happiness, and, if so, what you need to do?

W. So: It seems to me that happiness is given too much importance. I can't imagine someone who would always be happy. Usually people in life there are UPS and downs, and even on the professional background of the rise can occur personal fall, and Vice versa. And when you have a large family, it is generally very difficult to remain in a state of euphoria, from what she'd have arisen because someone is always something wrong. But if you keep in mind the main thing, of course, I understand, I was lucky unlike my fellow actors who are struggling. I can afford not to work for three years, and when you take up a role, not to earn a living.

Gg: What you are most attracted to the character, Mavis?

W. So: In the movie, not so much typical female roles, and this is one of them. The biggest problem Mavis is that she refuses to put up with the losses in my life, despite the fact that life consists of losses. As you probably know, we are in this life do not belong, and adults aware of this report.