Charlize Theron News: It's Tough Being Pretty In Hollywood

If we have to have a problem, then we'd like beauty to be the topmost in the list, isn't it? However, Charlize Theron, who is among the most beautiful Hollywood actors, is finding it a pretty tough problem to handle.

She explained the source of her sore point in British GQ magazine. Apparently, she has gone through a number of struggles as a beautiful person, for she has been turned down for several roles, said the 40-year-old "Mad Max: Fury road" actress.

"Jobs with real gravitas go to people that are physically right for them and that's the end of the story," she explained. "How many roles are out there for gorgeous, f---king, gown-wearing eight-foot models? When meaty roles come through, I've been in the room and pretty people get turned away first."

From her side, there was never any stone that she left unturned. She has made some mad role reversals and transformations. She has shaved her head and put on weight. Those measures did get her some good roles and did not stop her from acting well too.

Still, it has been a pain being a woman, especially being over 40. It is certainly not a great situation to be in, she explains.

"We live in a society where women wilt and men age like fine wine. And, for a long time, women accepted it," she said. "We were waiting for society to change, but now we're taking leadership. It would be a lie to say there is less worry for women as they get older than there is for men...It feels [like] there's this unrealistic standard of what a woman is supposed to look like when she's over 40."

Jessica Biel felt that way too in 2007. Being too pretty could be a handicap, and got in the way of her career. She was named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive in 2005, but that did not make her the happiest.

"[One director told me,] 'I'm not looking for the sexiest woman; I'm looking for the girl next door,'" she said  at the time. "Parts I really want aren't going to me. Like 'The Other Boleyn Girl' with Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman. I don't want to say that there's nothing I love that I can't have. But there's still the occasional script that the director doesn't want to see you for. They want that top tier of girls."

Gender inequality is another issue that has been echoed by her peers. Last year, actress Jennifer Lawrence talked about being paid less than males because they were great negotiators while she was hesitant to ask for more money.

"I'm sure they were commended for being fierce and tactical while I was busy worrying about coming across as a brat and not getting my fair share," she wrote. "Again, this might have NOTHING to do with my vagina, but I wasn't completely wrong when another leaked Sony email revealed a producer referring to a fellow lead actress in a negotiation as a 'spoiled brat.' For some reason, I just can't picture someone saying that about a man."