Charlize Theron: 'I want to give up acting'

Charlize Theron at the Edinburgh Film Festiva, dressed in a see-through black dress, with an impeccable hair-do and make-up.

Actress Charlize Theron wants to give up her Hollywood career as she no longer considers acting to be a "real job", according to contactmusic.com.

The Oscar winner took on the role of producer for new film East Of Havana - and the experience has convinced the South African beauty that acting is not enough to fulfil her anymore.

But Theron is afraid Hollywood won't accept her as anything other than an actress, despite her previous production work onMonster.

She says, "I think it's going to take a while in this industry. Especially for a woman to step up and say I am capable of actually doing the job, and it's not just a vanity thing, it's something that I actually consider a real job.

"I think that's been the biggest bump for me in the road, but it's something that I really, truly enjoy doing."

The Oscar winner fell in love with Scotch while attending the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the tipple inspired her to consider leaving her LA lifestyle in favour of the land of Braveheart and Nessie.

Sipping whisky onstage at the festival last week, Charlize said she would never be able to enjoy a drink during an interview back in the US.

'There's something so wrong about this,' the 'Monster' star quipped. 'I'm moving to Scotland!'