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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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Angelina Jolie

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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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I Entered This Business Before I Had Focus And Purpose In My Life. I Was Very Unhappy, Very Unhealthy, And When I Sat Down For An Interview, I Didn't Know Why. I Felt Like I Didn't Have Anything To Share. It Was A Very Empty Time.

I'm Always Doing Something. I Never Shut My Brain Off.

I'm Having To Do A Lot To Keep My Clothes On And Not Be Cast In Girlfriend Roles. Some Women Will Say, "i Don't Want To Be A Man - I Want The Opportunities I Can Get As A Woman." Women Have A Certain Sexuality, And I Think Their Bodies Are Beautiful And I'm Not Embarrassed To Explore That In A Film. But There Are Things You Get Offered That Are Vulgar And Violent - Just Like There's A Side Of Me That's Vulgar And Violent.

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.

I Never Thought I'd Have Children; I Never Thought I'd Be In Love, I Never Thought I'd Meet The Right Person. Having Come From A Broken Home - You Kind Of Accept That Certain Things Feel Like A Fairy Tale, And You Just Don't Look For Them.

I Have A Certain Energy On Screen, And It's Either Needed Or It's Definitely Not Needed. I Know That I Can Stick Out Like A Sore Thumb, And There Are Some Women I'm Not Ready To Play.

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

I'm Not A Single Mom With Two Jobs, Trying To Get By, Every Day. I Have Much More Support Than Most Women, Around This World, And I Have The Financial Means To Have A Home And Help With Care And Food.

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 Am Working For A Better United Nations. Nothing Is Perfect. You Should Never Rely On Only One Source, But Rather Rely On Those You Believe In The Most.

Women And Girls Are Bearing The Brunt Of Extremists That Revel In Treating Them Barbarically. This Is Inextricably Linked To Our Overall Failure To Prevent And End Conflicts Worldwide, Which Is Causing Human Suffering On An Unprecedented Level.

They're Right To Think That About Me, Because I'm The Person Most Likely To Sleep With My Female Fans, I Genuinely Love Other Women. And I Think They Know That.

I Think I Connect To People Who Could Be Written Off As Wild Or Dark, Or Who Are Just Full Of Fire And Looking For A Place To Put That Fire. It's An Important Lesson To Learn, And It's Something I Did Learn: You Live On Behalf Of Others And You're Happier And You Have Purpose. And You Have A Great Excuse To Have All That Fire.

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'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.

The Fact Is I Am Not Having Sex. But I Feel Absolutely Ripe For The, What Would You Say? Plucking?

I Think A Woman Is Sexy When She's In Nice Clothes, Flattering Clothes. I Don't Think That Being Half-dressed In Little Half-tops... I Don't Find That Sexy.

I've Often Felt Unattractive Or Different Looking. As I've Grown Up, I've Felt More Comfortable In My Own Skin. It May Sound Cliche, But When You Feel Beautiful And Strong On The Inside, It Shows On The Outside.

I'm With A Man Who's Evolved Enough To Look At My Body And See It As More Beautiful Because Of The Journey It Has Taken.

I Wish I Could Find People Who Just Would Fight Me And Break Through To Me And Hold Me Down And Scream Their Life Into My Face.

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.

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].

That Just Sounds So Funny, A-list. Really, I'm A Mom, And That's How I'm Going To Be All My Life.

I'm Just Glad I Was Able To Return To Some Of That Innocence And Beauty I Had As A Child When I Started My Own Family, And My Children Brought Me Back Some Of That Spirit.

If I Think More About Death Than Some Other People, It Is Probably Because I Love Life More Than They Do.

I'm Much Happier And More Fulfilled Than I Thought I Would Ever Be, Especially When I Was Going Through A Lot Of Grief When I Was Younger. I Hope It Lasts.

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 Don't See Myself As Beautiful, Because I Can See A Lot Of Flaws.

After My Last Divorce, I Said I Was Absolutely Going To Marry Somebody In Another Field, An Aid Worker Or Something. Then I Met Brad, Everything I Wasn't Looking For, But The Best Man, The Best Father I Could Possibly Wish For, You Know? I Don't See Him As An Actor. I See Him Very Much As A Dad, As Somebody Who Loves Travel And Architecture More Than Being In Movies.

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.

I Love Great Journalism. I Appreciate It. I Love Good News Stories. I Love Great Books. I Love Great Articles. I Appreciate Them So Much, And They've Been Part Of My Education As A Woman.

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.

I'm Very Happy And Very Excited When My Adrenalin Is Going.

When I First Went To Places Where People Were Suffering From War And Persecution, I Felt Ashamed Of My Feelings Of Sadness. I Could See More Possibilities In My Life.

I Think As A Human Being, As A Mother, As Someone Who Works Internationally, I Needed Desperately To Know A Man Like Louis Zamperini In My Life, To Know That There Is Hope.

I Am A Strong Believer That Without Justice, There Is No Peace. No Lasting Peace, Anyway.

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