Our favourite golden girl was recently the cover girl for W’s May issue in which she provided an inspiring accompanying interview.
The 19-year-old Oscar winner touched on the casual things like her role for her recent movie Mad Max: Fury Road but the conversation took a more profound turn when she started speaking about motherhood. Charlize is mother to three-year-old Jackson (whom she adopted back in 2012) and credits her transition to motherhood in her late 30s for really giving her ‘perspective’ on the aging process.
“I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged,” Charlize explained in the interview. “Women, in our society, are compartmentalized so that we start to feel like we’re cut flowers and after a while we will wilt. I realize now that’s not the case — we can celebrate every age. That’s my encouragement to 20-year-olds who are terrified of getting older: Don’t have a nervous breakdown and don’t hit the Chardonnay too hard. Getting older is not that bad. Actually, I’m a complete alcoholic, but, please, don’t worry.”
She may be joking on that last part but she’s completely serious when on the advice part.
Her advice to her own 20-year-old self?
“I would say, ‘Calm down.I was always in a rush. I felt like time was going to run out. Now that I’m older, I know I’m not missing out on anything. Now, I go home, and that feels really good. When I hit 30, I realized I didn’t have to please everybody. I could actually enjoy life, which is not a bad thing at all.”
Thanks Charlize, we’re taking that advise to heart-if it’s good enough for you, it’s definitely good enough for us!