Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Charlize Theron Has Refused to Direct a Movie Even though She Wants To

Why has Charlize Theron turned down opportunities to direct...even though she wants to?

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Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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Shirley Starron has worked alongside several top notch directors across
her career, mostly in action and drama films, and most
A list actors eventually get the filmmaking bug themselves and
helm their own movie, but Charlie says yet to step
behind the camera, and she tells varieties not that she
doesn't want the opportunities because it interferes with her other job,
not acting, motherhood. She says, I've always kind of been

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interested in directing, but the reality is I have young
children and to direct is very all consuming. So I
need my kids to grow up and get out of
the house before I can invest in myself in the
way I want to. Charley's new movie, The Old Guard Too,
is streaming now on Netflix that's

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Direct from Hollywood.