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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.

-Angelina Jolie

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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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The Older Ones Recently Saw Mr And Mrs Smith And I Think They Thought That Was The Funniest Thing They'd Ever Seen Because, Of Course, Watching Your Parents Fight As Spies Is Some Strange Sort Of Childhood Fantasy.

If I Didn't Have My Films As An Outlet For All The Different Sides Of Me, I Would Probably Be Locked Up.

I Actually Feel That Women In My Position, When We Have All At Our Disposal To Help Us, Shouldn't Complain When We Consider All Of The People Who Are Really Struggling, Who Don't Have The Financial Means, Who Don't Have The Support, And So Many People Are Single Raising Children - That's Hard.

I Need More Sex, Ok? Before I Die I Wanna Taste Everyone In The World.

I'm Happy Being Myself, Which I've Never Been Before. I Always Hid In Other People, Or Tried To Find Myself Through The Characters, Or Live Out Their Lives, But I Didn't Have Those Things In Mine.

I'm Drawn To Kids That Are Already Born. I Think Some People Are Meant To Do Certain Things, And I Believe I'm Meant To Find My Children In The World Somewhere And Not Necessarily Have Them Genetically.

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'm Getting A Wrinkle Above My Eyebrow Because I Just Can't Stop Lifting It, And I Love That You Know.

I Always Hate Speculation On The News, So I Don't Want To Be Somebody Who Speculates.

I Am Deeply Grateful To The Citizens Of Sarajevo And The Sarajevo Canton Assembly For Bestowing Upon Me This Incredible Honor Of Citizenship. I Am So Proud To Now Be A Part Of Such An Extraordinary Part Of The World And Fellow Citizen To The People I Deeply Love And Admire.

There's Something About Death That Is Comforting. The Thought That You Could Die Tomorrow Frees You To Appreciate Your Life Now.

Be Brave, Be Bold, Be Free.

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

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.

If Every Choice You Make Comes From An Honest Place, You're Solid, And Nothing Anybody Can Say About You Can Rock You Or Change Your Opinion

Barefoot Or First Thing In The Morning, I Feel Beautiful. I Didn't Always Feel That Way, But I Feel That Way Now. When Somebody Loves You, And When You Make Somebody Else Happy, When Your Presence Seems To Make Them Happy, You Suddenly Feel Like The Most Beautiful Person In The World.

There Is No Shame In Being A Survivor Of Sexual Violence. The Shame Is On The Aggressor.

I'd Like To Believe That The People That Have Supported Me In My Work Or Identified With Me In Films, The People That Feel They Know Me, They Do And They Don't Have Misconceptions - They Understand. I Believe That.

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

I Like To Hide Behind The Characters I Play.

It Is Not Where You Start Out In Life That Counts The Most, It Is How You Choose To Face It.

I Think I Should Learn French And Be A Better Cook - Basic, Really Good Life Stuff.

To Each His Own. It's One Of Those Things. How You Build Your Familyyou Have To Know What You're Capable Of Handling And How Your Children Will Relate To Each Other. Maybe If You Have One Child And That Child Has A Lot Of Needs, You Realize You Cannot Give More Attention To Another. Sometimes You Just Know As A Parent. We Felt We Could Handle More Children, And We Have A Very Happy, Very Full Home.

I'm Able To Be Very Effective Because I'm Not A Democrat, I'm Not A Republican. So, I'm Not Tied, And I'd Never Want To Be Tied To Anything, To Some Constituency That I Would Have To Answer To.

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.

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 Felt I Should Have Been Taught About The Landmine Problem. It Made Me Suddenly Realize Certain Things About The World And How Much I Had To Learn, Like The History Of The People.

The Mind Wants To Forget Because It Weighs So Much On The Heart And Soul. I Am Tired Of Crying And Feeling So Helpless. I Want To Breathe Again -just For A Little While.

I've Had A Wonderful Career And I'm Very Happy To Have Had All Of The Opportunities That I've Had To Tell Stories And Work For As Long As I Have. I'm Sure There'll Be A Few More Films But I'm Happy That I'm Able To Be Selective.

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.

There Was A Time When I Was Really Going To Give Up Acting-- Right After Foxfire. I Was Trying To Find Characters With A Certain Strength And Things Going On, But I Was Always Disappointed. Wallace Was The First Thing I Did Where I Felt Their Ideas Were Better Than Mine.

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.

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.

Save One-third, Live On One-third, And Give Away One-third

I Listened To A Lot Of Tapes Of British Theatre Actresses And Tried To Learn From Them. As Americans, We Don't Have Such A Gift With Language.

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.

I Want To Work; Then, As My Kids Get Older, I Want To Have Adventures. I Want To Visit All Their Countries: Learn And Live Inside All Their Cultures.

I Grew Up As This Very Carefree, Happy Kid Then Things Turned Darker For Me. Maybe It Was Because I Saw That The World Wasn't As Happy A Place As I Had Hoped It Would Be For Me.

It's Probably Not An Accident That The Films That I Care About Happen To Be About Issues That Matter To Me, Stories That I Want To Tell. If You're Going To Spend Two Years Of Your Life On Something It Has To Matter To You, You Have To Be Passionate About It.

At The End Of The Day I'm Gonna Be Dead One Day, And What People Say About Me Is Going What I Accomplished And What I Did In My Life And How My Children Are. And I Don't Think It's Gonna Be What Was Printed In The Tabloids This Year.

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