In a new interview with Pride Source, Charlize Theron voiced what so many queer women have been thinking about her ages — it’s totally a bummer that she’s straight.

Asked about her “period of sexual exploration” when she was younger, something Theron has discussed in the past, she credited that time of her life with helping her figure out she is for sure, definitely straight.

“I experimented and I did what I think every young person should do: feel brave enough and free enough in order to figure it out,” she said. “We have to kind of go through a life, and until you have certain experiences you don’t really know who you are.”

Theron shared that her mother was very supportive of her going through that process, urging her to figure things out for herself.

“When I did go on those explorations I had this person that I could share it with, that I felt safe with, who wasn’t going to judge me or label me. But it turns out — ahh! — that I am straight. It’s a little bit of a bummer.”

The Bombshell actress has played queer several times on screen, with one of the more notable instances being her badass bisexual spy character in Atomic Blonde, a role she said she felt needed to be moved out of the heterosexual zone.

“I think the only [queer role] that I really kind of fought for that wasn’t originally in the story was Atomic Blonde,” she said. “I mean, she was never kind of bisexual or anything like that and that to me was just like, why not? I mean, come on.”

And though Theron has always been actively supportive of LGBTQ rights off-screen, she feels that as an artist, making sure her films are inclusive of the queer community may be the best contribution she can make, and one she is clearly passionate about.

“I’m very vocal about what I believe is the right thing to do and how we should treat each other, and at the same time I feel like the thing that maybe I could bring to the table in moving all of this stuff forward is to just make sure that the stories that I tell and the characters that I play reflect the world, which is the gay and lesbian community, in a way where we’re not asking million questions around it,” she said.

“This is just how it should be.”