Angelina Jolie Quotes
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On second marriage: It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it's scary but I think it can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet.
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The money it would cost to buy another car could be [used to] build two schools. So it's an easy choice that makes me very 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'm very careful with my emotions, and I don't let them run free. If I'm upset, it's usually for a very good, very deep reason.
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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 grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business.
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The interesting thing for me is that everybody felt that I was really wild when i was unbalanced and desperate to communicate something and didn't have a sense of purpose. But I've never been so crazy and wild as I am with my son or as I am now.
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But we survived, and we're a good family. I just don't want to dedicate one more tear, or watch my mother cry one more time.
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Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.
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I don't need any crutches in order to concentrate. As a child I learned that you must be ready because I'd be yelled at more than other people and it would always be my fault. I learned that to be professional is your number-one priority. The art comes second. You learn that, in order to give your best performance, you have to be a good technician, which means never allowing negative influences affect your performance.
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The most upsetting thing is that the US is a leader in the world, and if they don't sign, then how do you expect to convince Russian and China and Iran, Pakistan, all these other countries, to sign? They simply won't. (The US government) feels it's against their constitutional right to bear arms, or they've said that it's needed in North and South Korea, on the border. I don't think any of these are good enough excuses for the damage.
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I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.
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All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.
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I've told Billy [Bob Thornton] if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn't kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.
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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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They say it's better than sex. It's so much better. It's amazing.
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Acting is not pretending or lying. It's finding a side of yourself that's the character and ignoring your other sides. And there's a side of me that wonders what's wrong with being completely honest.
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No matter what you have gone through in your youth, it is about who you choose to be in life. You can define your own destiny. You can be stronger than a very difficult past and overcome it.
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Family is what grounds you.
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I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going to war, people let you down all the time. Sometimes it's very, very difficult to stay strong, but you have to.
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In Africa, we were around thousands of people who have seen a lot of poverty, but they were fun at the end of the day.
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Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third
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I like the feeling of being dominated. It actually makes me feel safe as opposed to challenged.
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All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.