Charlize grew up on a farm in South Africa and her native language is Afrikaans. Theron’s acting career started at the moment when a bank employee refused to cash her check and she lost her composure. After Charlize loudly declared her resentment using all the strong expressions both in English and Afrikaans that she knew, the person standing behind her in the line gave her his business card. It was the famous talent agent John Crosby.