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I Hide My Emotions Mainly Because You Don't Want Somebody To Know That You Feel Sorry For Them, Because They Will Feel Worse, Or Because You Don't Want Someone To Know Or See Your Fear. If Someone Like A Sick Kid Or A Burn Victim Sees Your Fear, They Respond To How You Respond. And If You Show Them It's Terrible, They Will Get Upset. It's Something I've Learned Over The Years.

-Angelina Jolie

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I Hide My Emotions

Angelina Jolie

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I Hide My Emotions Mainly Because You Don't Want Somebody To Know That You Feel Sorry For Them, Because They Will Feel Worse, Or Because You Don't Want Someone To Know Or See Your Fear. If Someone Like A Sick Kid Or A Burn Victim Sees Your Fear, They Respond To How You Respond. And If You Show Them It's Terrible, They Will Get Upset. It's Something I've Learned Over The Years.

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... The One That Has The Worst Effect For Me Was Pot. I Felt Silly And Giggly - I Hate Feeling Like That.

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.

When I Was Little, Like Maleficent, I Was Told That I Was Different - And I Felt Out Of Place, And Too Loud, Too Full Of Fire, Never Good At Sitting Still, Never Good At Fitting In. And Then One Day I Realized Something, Something I Hope You All Realize. Different Is Good.

What's Risky Is Living Your Life And Never Trying For Anything And Never Doing Something Brave And Never Getting Yourself Scared.

I Learned A Lot From Clint [eastwood], Who's An Extremely Economic Director. I Learned A Lot From Michael Winterbottom, Who Really Gave A Lot Of Trust In The Actors And Allowed Them To Live In The Space Instead Of Trying To Manipulate And Make It Too Set And Too Staged. Working With [robert] De Niro Taught Me A Lot Of Being An Actors' Director And What That Is. I've Learned A Lot From Pretty Much Everybody. Hopefully I've Picked Up Something From Everybody I've Worked With.

Anytime I Feel Lost, I Pull Out A Map And Stare. I Stare Until I Have Reminded Myself That Life Is A Giant Adventure, So Much To Do, To See.

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.

We Need The Political Will, And That Often Comes From The Will Of The People. So If Celebrities Or Personalities Can Help To Educate The People - Not Influence Them, Not Tell Them (what To Do) - Just Tell Them The Truth About What's Happening And Let Them Form Their Own Opinion, That Will Strengthen Them And They Will Push Their Politicians.

I Have So Much In My Life. I Want To Be Of Value To The World.

I Think I Was Probably Able To Flip Characters In My Head As If I Was Playing Different Roles In Order To Write The Different People Because You Kind Of Have To Be One Person, And Inhabit Him And Write From His Voice And Be Her And Write Her Voice. So I Think That Helped.

I Realized That Very Young - That A Life Where You Don't Live To Your Full Potential, Or You Don't Experiment, Or You're Afraid, Or You Hesitate, Or There Are Things You Know You Should Do But You Just Don't Get Around To Them, Is A Life That I'd Be Miserable Living, And The Only Way To Feel That I'm On The Right Path Is Just To Be True To Myself, Whatever That May Be, And That Tends To Come With Stepping Out Of Something That's Maybe Safe Or Traditional.

I Didn't Die Young. So I Am Very Lucky. There Are Other Artists And People That Didn't Survive Certain Things... People Can Imagine That I Did The Most Dangerous, And I Did The Worst... For Many Reasons, I Shouldn't Be Here.

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

I’m Still Having Trouble Convincing Pax That Underwear And Pants Go Together – Underwear Is Not Pants!

And It Is A Very Important Thing To Be And Do, If Not The Most Important 'cause How You Interpret A Story Can Then Make The Difference. So It Is A Very Powerful Thing To Be. And When Misused, It's Very Sad.

I Just Started To See The World As It Really Is And It Completely Shocked Me And Changed My Opinion On Everything.. On Life And My Values And Certainly My Own Sense Of Self.

Apart From My Children, Spending Time With Refugees Was The Greatest Gift... The Greatest Life Lesson I Could Ever Receive.

I Think The Global Community Always Has A ... Has A Responsibility To Any Humanitarian Crisis. And I Think It's In Our Best Interest To Address A Humanitarian Crisis On This Scale Because Displacement Can Can Lead To A Lot Of Instability And Aggression.

I Never Save Things And I Never Take Pictures. I Wanna Live In The Moment. I Don't Wanna Be Focusing On The Past.

Live In The Moment

What's Going To Be Funny Is When They Think Mom And Dad Are A Little Bit Cool, Because Right Now, We're Not Cool Mom And Dad.

A Single Journey Can Change The Course Of A Life.

First Thing In The Morning, We're Really Tired, And We Look At Each Other And We Wonder, 'are We Ever Going To Get Sleep?' And Yet, It Doesn't Matter If You Don't Get Sleep. It's An Honor To Take Care Of Them.

We Cannot Close Ourselves Off To Information And Ignore The Fact That Millions Of People Are Out There Suffering.

I'm At A Strange Place I Suppose In My Life. I Think That What Happens When You Lose A Parent, Where You Lose-you Drop Into A Different Kind Of Serious.

When I Was Growing Up I Never Babysat. I Was Considered To 'punk Rock' To Be Trusted With Kids.

I Want To Take Time To Understand Life. I Want To Travel. I Want To Be A Better Person, A Better Mom. I Want To Do Something Good With My Life.

If You Become Aware Of A Public Self, You're In Danger Of Becoming A Very Artificial Person.

Love One Person, Take Care Of Them Until You Die. You Know, Raise Kids. Have A Good Life. Be A Good Friend. And Try To Be Completely Who You Are. And Figure Out What You Personally Love. And Like Go After It With Everything You've Got No Matter How Much It Takes.

I Loved Being On The Other Side Of The Camera And Interacting With The Crew. When You Are An Actor, You Have To Stay Inside This World, But When You Are With The Crew, On The Outside, You Are In The Dirt, Working Through All The Issues. It's Just A Different Way Of Working, And I Think I Preferred It.

Acting Helped Me As I Was Growing Up. It Helped Me Learn About Myself, Helped Me Travel, Helped Me Understand Life, Express Myself, All Those Wonderful Things. So I'm Very, Very Grateful; It's A Fun Job. It's A Luxury.

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 Think If You Make A Good Movie People Walk Away Arguing.

To Do Something Good, It Has To Scare You.

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.

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