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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.

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There Was A Time

Angelina Jolie

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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.

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Inhumanity To Man

I Loved Being On The Other Side Of The Camera. I Loved Watching Another Actress In The Spotlight, Do An Extraordinary Job, And I Loved Making Her Beautiful And Interesting, Protecting Her Emotions, And Showing People Her Talent.

I Do Believe In The Old Saying 'what Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger.' Our Experiences, Good And Bad, Make Us Who We Are. By Overcoming Difficulties, We Gain Strength And Maturity.

You Can Seek Advice, Learn About The Options And Make Choices That Are Right For You. Knowledge Is Power.

Knowledge Is Power

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.

Like Every Mother, My Wish - Every Birthday - Is For My Children To Stay Healthy (and) For My Family To Remain Healthy.

I Like To Work With Artists From Around The World. There Are So Many New Inspiring Filmmakers. I Had The Privilege Recently To Work With Ethiopian Filmmaker Zeresenay Mehari And His Wife On The Film Difret. They Are That Unique Balance Of Very Thoughtful Conscious Filmmakers Who Are Also Brilliant, Original Artists.

I Think Doing Anything Having To Do With War, You Walk Away So Very Grateful For Everything You Have And The Safety That You Have.

My Earliest Memories Are Of My Brother, Pointing The Home Video Camera At Me And Saying, "c'mon, Ange, Give Us A Show!" Neither Of My Parents Ever Said, "be Quiet! Stop Talking!" I Remember My Father Looking Me In The Eye And Asking, "what Are You Thinking? What Are You Feeling?" That's What I Do In My Job Now - I Say. "ok, How Do I Feel About This?" And I Immediately Know, Because That's How I Grew Up.

If Anybody Comes Into My Home And Tries To Hurt My Kids, I've No Problem Shooting Them... I Bought Original, Real Guns Of The Type We Used In Tomb Raider For Security. Brad And I Are Not Against Having A Gun In The House, And We Do Have One. And Yes, I'd Be Able To Use It If I Had To.

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.

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.

There Doesn't Need To Be A God For Me.

You'd Think, 'what If I Make A Mistake Today, I'll Regret It'. I Don’t Believe In Regret, I Feel Everything Leads Us To Where We Are And We Have To Just Jump Forward, Mean Well, Commit And Just See What Happens.

Figure Out Who You Are Separate From Your Family, And The Man Or Woman You're In A Relationship With. Find Who You Are In This World And What You Need To Feel Good Alone. I Think That's The Most Important Thing In Life. Find A Sense Of Self Because With That, You Can Do Anything Else.

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.

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

If We Cannot End The Conflict, We Have An Inescapable Moral Duty To Help Refugees And Provide Legal Avenues To Safety.

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 Guess That I've Always Wanted To Be A Bond Villain.

I'd Go From Film To Film And Almost Detach From One World And Jump In Another. I Was Living As These People And Not Having A Self. I Didn't Know Who I Was. And Things Just Get Really Dark.

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

I Have So Many Children. Half Of Mine Are The Ones That Just Must Climb The Tree, Must Climb The Mountain, Must Get Dirty, Must Jump Off, Flip Into The Pool Sideways Because It's Just Who They Are. So You Try To Give Them As Much Guidance And Prepare Them But They Are Who They Are.

And I Didn't Know What That Meant For A Long Time. It Was Only When I Began To Travel And Look And Live Beyond My Home That I Understand My Responsibility To Others.

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. It Doesn’t Shake Me Because I Know Why I Do The Things I Do And I Know I Come From A Good Place And So People Can Judge Me However They Wish. But I Know I’ll Continue To Do The Best I Can And Be The Best I Can.

We Cannot Close Ourselves Off To Information And Ignore The Fact That Millions Of People Are Out There Suffering. I Honestly Want To Help. I Don't Believe I Feel Differently From Other People. I Think We All Want Justice And Equality, A Chance For A Life With Meaning. All Of Us Would Like To Believe That If We Were In A Bad Situation Someone Would Help Us.

I'm Hopeful That Increased Awareness Of The Issues In Africa Will Bring About A New Wave Of Progress And Activism Among Young People Everywhere.

To Actually Feel Like You've Done Something Good With Your Life And You're Useful To Others Is What I Was Always Wanting, And Was Always Looking For.

Love - Is When You Wish All The Best To The People You Love, When You Put Their Interests And Well-being Above Their Own. Always.

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.

We Have A Choice About How We Take What Happens To Us In Our Life And Whether Or Not We Allow It To Turn Us. We Can Become Consumed By Hate And Darkness, Or We're Able To Regain Our Humanity Somehow, Or Come To Terms With Things And Learn Something About Ourselves.

I’m Trying To Learn More About International Law To Understand Why We Don’t Have Better Solutions For Conflict - For Dictators Or Aggressors That Are Hurting Or Raping Children Or Using Them As Child Soldiers. Why Can’t We Have An International Community Handle These Things In A Swift, Efficient Manner?

To Be In Any Way A Positive Contribution, That's All Anybody Wants To Be. It's All I've Ever Wanted To Be. I Wanted To Be An Artist, Be A Mother. You Want To Feel That In Your Life You've Been Of Use, In Whatever Way That Comes Out.

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

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