Angelina Jolie
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. Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2, followed by her first leading role in a major film, Hackers. She starred...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth4 June 1975
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The life changing moment for me what the first time I went to a war zone and that was Sierra Leone. I took two weeks, eleven years ago and I went. I wasn't an Ambassador or anything I just asked to go and I was allowed to go. It was like someone smacked me in the face.
It's better to have nobody, than to have someone who is half there, or doesn't want to be there
In countries where people have to flee their homes because of persecution and violence, political solutions must be found, peace and tolerance restored, so that refugees can return home. In my experience, going home is the deepest wish of most refugees.
Over 20 million children of conflict are out of school. Education is often forgotten.
I bought original, real guns of the type we used in 'Tomb Raider' for security. Brad and I are not against having a gun in the house, and we do have one. And yes, I'd be able to use it if I had to ... If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them.
I didn't even know my bra size until I made a movie.
It's great to jump into things you're not sure of and you haven't done and that are a little scary. That's what we have to do, as artists.
Films that I want to do are few and far between.
When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.
I never felt settled or calm. You can't really commit to life when you feel that.
The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity, You know what you live for and what matters.
I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express.
Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.
I want to be outspoken. I want to say my opinions and I hope they’re taken in the right way. I don’t want to stop being free. And I won’t.