Quotes by Angelina Jolie

About Angelina Jolie:

Angelina Jolie Pitt is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out (1982). Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 (1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film, Hackers (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999).
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I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble.

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I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.

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War is so complex; human nature is so complex. There's no filmmaker who has ever figured it out perfectly.

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I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

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I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.

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I didn't really want to live, so anything that was an investment in time made me angry... but also I just felt sad. When the hopelessness is hurting you, it's the fixtures and fittings that finish you off.

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To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.

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I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn't. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and humanitarian issues.

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Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.

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When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

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If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

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I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

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I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine.

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I'm not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don't walk away from it when something unfolds.

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It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I've learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

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Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.

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If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!

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I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy.

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There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you're compassionate.

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I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn't as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.

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When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents.

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Author Bio

  • NameAngelina Jolie
  • DescriptionAmerican actress, film director, and screenwriter
  • AliasesAngelina Jolie Voight
  • BornJune 4, 1975
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Film Director; Film Producer; Actor; Model; Voice Actor; Screenwriter; Writer
  • WorksLookin' To Get Out; Cyborg 2; Without Evidence; Hackers; Love Is All There Is; Mojave Moon; Foxfire; Playing God; True Women; George Wallace; Gia; Hell's Kitchen; Playing By Heart; Pushing Tin; The Bone Collector; Girl, Interrupted; Gone In 60 Seconds; Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; Original Sin; Life Or Something Like It; Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life; Beyond Borders; Taking Lives; Shark Tale; Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow; Alexander; Mr. & Mrs. Smith; The Good Shepherd; A Mighty Heart; Beowulf; Wanted; Kung Fu Panda; Changeling; Salt; The Tourist; Kung Fu Panda 2; In The Land Of Blood And Honey; Maleficent
  • AwardsGolden Globe Award; Screen Actors Guild Award; Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress; 2011 Teen Choice Awards; Honorary Citizenship; Honorary Citizenship; Sergio Vieira De Mello Citizen Of The World; Freedom Award; Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; Order Of Saint Michael And Saint George