Actress Charlize Theron’s mother influenced her to Actress Charlize Theron’s mother influenced her to pursue acting after her career as a ballerina did not work out the way she had planned. “I was a ballerina from the time I was four years old and I thought that’s what I’d always do. I left South Africa at 16 and studied abroad and supported myself by modelling. I ended up in New York and soon realised that my career was over and my knees had said goodbye to me and I’d never thought of a plan B,” Theron told Notebook magazine when asked if she always wanted to be an actress. The 43-year-old star says it was her mother Gerda, who told her to try her hand at acting, after noticing how her daughter was struggling to make a name for herself in the ballet world, reports a website. ‘She flew out to see me in December, it was freezing, and I was living in a basement with no windows eating Häagen-Dazs. (IANS)
