I`m no movie star: Charlize Theron

Los Angeles: `Monster` star Charlize Theron prefers to be called an actress rather than a movie star, as she is slightly wary of the glamour quotient attached to it."When somebody calls me a movie star, I worry a bit. It used to be about the work, but now it means you show up at the Oscars and look good," said the actress. The 34-year-old actress, who was also a model, admitted that she tries to maintain a low profile, unlike younger actresses of today, reported OK! magazine. "The whole model-turned-actress thing doesn`t have a good track record. Today, younger girls are addicted to the fame, but that is not me. I keep all that stuff private," said Theron. And true to her word, there is one thing Theron refuses to discuss, her mother Gerda`s shooting of her alcoholic father Charles when she was just 15. Police ruled the killing as self-defence and Gerda was never charged. "It`s a tattoo I cannot erase. People always bring it up, but I`m not comfortable, because it concerns others," said the South African beauty. However, Theron is happy to talk about her eight-year relationship with Irish actor Stuart Townsend and how she impresses him with something related to sports. "I tell my boyfriend I have been nominated for an Oscar, and he goes, `That`s nice, babe.` But I say I can get tickets for the World Cup and all of a sudden, I`m a goddess," said Theron. IANS