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Brad [pitt] And I Have Never Wanted Our Kids To Be Actors. We've Never Talked About It. But, We Also Want Them To Be Around Film And Be A Part Of Mommy And Daddy's Life, And For It Not To Be Kept From It Either. We Just Want Them To Have A Good, Healthy Relationship With It.

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Angelina Jolie

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Brad [pitt] And I Have Never Wanted Our Kids To Be Actors. We've Never Talked About It. But, We Also Want Them To Be Around Film And Be A Part Of Mommy And Daddy's Life, And For It Not To Be Kept From It Either. We Just Want Them To Have A Good, Healthy Relationship With It.

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Working Together

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There Is No Greater Pillar Of Stability Than A Strong, Free And Educated Woman, And There Is No More Inspiring Role Model Than A Man Who Respects And Cherishes Women And Champions Their Leadership.

This Has Been My Life For Many Years; One Role Feeds The Other. It Is A Joy To Be An Artist, But It Doesn't Mean Very Much Unless That Work Is Somehow Useful In Some Way And Contributes To Others.

I've Been Fortunate In That I've Been Able To Have That Balance As An Actress To Be Able To Do The Wild, Fun Action Movies And Also Be Allowed To Do The Dramas. Hopefully, If I'm Able To Keep That Balance, I'd Love To Always Try To Do Both.

I Felt Beautiful When I Was In Cambodia For Tomb Raider. I Was Sweaty, And My Hair Was Matted And All Over The Place. And I Was Happy And Hot And Accomplishing A Lot And Running Around, And I Could Feel My Heart Beating, And I Felt Beautiful.

It's All Or Nothing With My Makeup. If I Get Dressed Up, I'll Go To An Extreme. I'll Wear Foundation, Bright Blue Or Bright Red Lipstick With One Of My Weird Purple Wigs.

To Be Put Simply Refugees Are Us. And Their Mothers Are Like Us, They Love Their Children The Same, They Laugh, They Dream, And They Are Survivors, They Are Amazing.

I'm Trying To Find Things That Are Extremely Challenging Or Mean Something To Me Deeply.

I Don't See The Point Of Doing An Interview Unless You're Going To Share The Things You Learn In Life And The Mistakes You Make. So To Admit That I'm Extremely Human And Have Done Some Dark Things I Don't Think Makes Me Unusual Or Unusually Dark. I Think It Actually Is The Right Thing To Do, And I'd Like To Think It's The Nice Thing To Do.

The Loss Of A Child Is My Greatest Nightmare.

Loss Of A Child

There Doesn't Need To Be A God For Me. There's Something In People That's Spiritual, That's Godlike. I Don't Feel Like Doing Things Just Because People Say Things, But I Also Don't Really Know If It's Better To Just Not Believe In Anything, Either.

I Like The Feeling Of Being Dominated

People Will Say What They Want To Say, And It's Okay. And My Life Will Go On, And I Need To Focus On My Life. So, Do I Need To Defend That I'm A Decent Woman? I Sure Hope I Don't. I Know I Am.

I Am The Kind Of Person Who Doesn't Recognize Borders. I Don't Understand Why We Think It Is Okay To Keep Someone Within One Border When They Are Unable To Feed Their Family When They Could Be Getting Help Somewhere Else. I Don't See People As Different So I Don't Understand The Idea Of Borders In This World.

And My Dad, You're A Great Actor But You're A Better Father.

Most Nights, Someone Ends Up In Our Bed. The Kids Do Knock Before Entering. We've At Least Got That Part Down Because Mommy And Daddy Need Some Space.

I Love To Put On Lotion. Sometimes I'll Watch Tv And Go Into A Lotion Trance For An Hour. I Try To Find Brands That Don't Taste Bad In Case Anyone Wants To Taste Me.

For Anybody That Works In Any Kind Of Demining Or Any Kind Of Humanitarian Aid Work, There Is Danger And It's Always A High-risk Area [in Cambodia].

I'd Like There To Be Less Refugees. I'd Like All Girls To Go To School. That's What We Need To Be Thinking About, And Working On Making Our Own Families Good And Strong And Our Own Kids Happy.

Not Many People Know This About Me, But I'm A Natural Blonde. My Hair Went From Light Blonde Naturally To A Darker Kind Of Blonde. My Mother Dyed My Hair Dark When I Was A Child, As I Loved The Look Then. So I'm Basically A Natural Blonde.

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've Been Reckless, But I'm Not A Rebel Without A Cause.

He's Amazing. He's A Really Dedicated Father. I Feel Very Blessed That Every Day I Wake Up And I Live With My Favourite People In The World, As Well As My Best Friend.

Progress Is Slow, It Is Uneven, It Is Fragile And In Some Parts Of The World It Is Being Erased.

I Make It A Point Not To Buy Certain Magazines, Not Because I Am Against Tabloids Or Things Like That, But I Want To Fill My Mind With Valid Issues In The World.

I Find Flaws Attractive. I Find Scars Attractive.

What Nourishes Me Also Destroys Me.

Of Course {i'm Bisexual}. If I Fell In Love With A Woman Tomorrow, Would I Feel That It's Okay To Want To Kiss And Touch Her? If I Fell In Love With Her? Absolutely! Yes!

I Cry Secretly. I Don't Really Cry In Front Of Anybody. I Hate Crying. I Feel Like It's Not Accomplishing Anything. But When I Lost My Mother, I Cried, And I Cried Big.

If Anybody Comes Into My Home And Tries To Hurt My Kids, I've No Problem Shooting Them.

I Think What Children Can Handle And What They're Interested In Is Much Deeper Than People Assume. It's Why Sometimes We Make Things Too Simple For Them.

It's Hard No To Work, So I Find A Way To Put Myself Back To Work. And I Think It's Important, In Between Projects, For Me To Sit Down With Who I've Just Become And Allow Her To Continue To Evolve And Find A Home Inside Me Before I Go And Become Somebody Else. But I Think I Also Need To Learn To Relax And Not Prepare Too Much, Just Enjoy Life. I Notice That My Characters Go Out To Dinner And Have Fun And Take These Great Trips, But I Spend So Much Time On Their Lives, I Don't Have Much Of A Personal Life Of My Own. I Have To Sort Of Remember To Fill Out That Little Notebook On Me.

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!

An Off-screen Persona Of Globally Conscious Earth Mother And An Aggressive On-screen Embodiment Of Kali, Goddess Of Destruction.

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