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Forget the race and gender disparity in Hollywood. All pretty lives matter, too, according to Oscar winner Charlize Theron who, in the latest issue of British GQ, says it’s hard out there for a “gorgeous” model such as herself.

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

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But Theron is not above normalizing herself for a role. She’s worn sweatpants in Young Adult, shaved her head for Mad Max: Fury Road and even gained weight for her award-winning performance in Monster, as serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

Woody Allen, notorious for his blonde muses, once said of Theron, who played a model in his film Celebrity, she’s “so hot that if she was in this room your buttons would melt.”