Charlize Theron insists that it can be hard to be 'gorgeous' in Hollywood

It's hard being pretty! At least, according to Charlize Theron.

The 40-year-old actress graces the leg-tastic cover of next month's issue of British GQ and got very real about how female castings are decided in Hollywood.

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"Jobs with real gravitas go to people that are physically right for them," Theron said. "That's the end of the story."

And "physically right" doesn't always been beautiful, as societal standards and images in the media would lead us to believe.

"How many roles are out there for the gorgeous, f***ing, gown-wearing eight-foot model?" she asked. "When meaty roles come through, I've been in the room and pretty people get turned away first."

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The Academy-Award winner also didn't hold back when it came to talking ageism in Hollywood. Theron, who recently made headlines for claiming that she didn't actually ghost ex Sean Penn, addressed the unfortunate trend in Hollywood to discount women over 40 head-on, and she insisted that the industry's leading ladies are beginning to fight it.

"We live in a society where women wilt and men age like fine wine," she explained. "And, for a long time, women accepted it. 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 there's this unrealistic standard of what a woman is supposed to look like when she's over 40."

The May issue of British GQ hits newsstands on Thursday, April 7.

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