Top 100 Angelina Jolie Quotes
#1. I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know.
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#2. Every character is a part of you and a part of the character that you are going to evolve into that you are not yet.
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#3. I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.
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#4. 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.
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#5. I had a lovely experience once in Africa working with the UN when a president of a country met me about refugee issues and said 'What do you do?' I said 'I'm an actor.' He replied 'I heard that was a very difficult job and might not be the smartest job to do.' It was lovely.
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#6. 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.
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#7. My kids will be needing me a lot when they hit their teens. If I know anything about being a teenager. I need to be braced to be spending a lot of time with all six of them and making sure I can be there for when they go through everything.
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#8. I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer,
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#9. I approached UNHCR because I believe in what the United Nations. I believe refugees are the most vulnerable people in the world. They are affected by everything, including landmines. They are vulnerable to everything.
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#10. 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.
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#11. I think that if more people saw more things, they wouldn't be able to really help themselves.
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#12. I have men in my life. I have a brother. So Maddox will have male teachers. I was raised without a father.
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#13. I'm always doing something. I never shut my brain off. I always have something going on.
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#14. I'm a very private person. I don't go out much. I'm home with kids. I go to work. I don't really like being the focus of attention, which is why I like being behind the camera more.
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#15. No matter what you have gone through in your youth,
it is about who you choose to be in life.
You can define your own destiny.
You can be stronger than a very difficult past
and overcome it.
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#16. I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned that.
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#17. I have to concentrate on my son. That's why I have lovers right now and not a boyfriend. I don't want my son to start calling somebody Daddy unless that person's gonna stay.
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#18. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.
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#19. On second marriage: It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it's scary but I think it can happen when you get involved and you don't know yourself yet.
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#20. 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.
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#21. I need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world.
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#22. There's certainly a side of me that isn't completely ... sane. Or completely 'even' all the time. We all have our dark sides.
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#23. 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.
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#24. 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.
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#25. If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.
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#26. 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.
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#27. The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.
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#29. I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.
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#30. I suppose I'm very aware of time and of memories and of enjoying life ... not just doing the right thing and being a useful person, which I certainly wanna be and believe that I am. I hold onto my family really tight and try to be as good a woman as I can be in my life.
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#31. Becoming a parent has just completely changed me, and made life so beautiful and given me such a center and a focus and such joy.
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#32. On the superficiality of the industry: We are setting an example of what we think is beautiful and you really want to put that much make up on me?
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#33. 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.
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#34. It is wonderful to hear of the relief efforts that are finally coming to New Orleans and the rest of the region, but as well all know, it is simply not going to be enough.
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#35. 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.
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#36. They say it's better than sex. It's so much better. It's amazing.
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#37. I never save things and I never take pictures. I wanna live in the moment. I don't wanna be focusing on the past.
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#38. I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going to war, people let you down all the time. Sometimes it's very, very difficult to stay strong, but you have to.
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#39. Violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime. Armed groups turn it into a weapon of choice because of near total impunity.
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#40. Just start off with the same goals in mind. If you have the same values, same goals then you'll be on track for the same future.
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#41. I didn't even know my bra size until I made a movie.
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#42. We need to be open minded to understand that there are lots of different levels of things going on and we shouldn't be so quick to judge - and certainly not to judge a whole race, a whole religion or a whole people - and a lot of that is going on.
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#43. There is no shame in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor.
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#44. Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!
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#45. Nature is about balance. All the world comes in pairs - Yin and Yang, right and wrong, men and women; whats pleasure without pain?
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#46. 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.
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#47. I want to be outspoken. I want to say my opinions and I hope they're taken in the right way. I don't want to stop being free. And I won't.
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#48. I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is intensely rewarding. Particularly the chance to help draw out the best in young actors.
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#50. Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman.
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#51. I think the global community always has a responsibility to any humanitarian crisis. And I think it's in our best interest to address a humanitarian crisis because displacement can can lead to a lot of instability and aggression.
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#52. When I was little, like Maleficent, I was told that I was different. And I felt out of place
too loud, too full of fire, never good at sitting still, never good at fitting in. And, then one day I realized something, something that I hope you all realize: Different is good.
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#53. 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.
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#54. 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.
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#55. 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.
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#56. Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud.
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#57. Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift ... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.
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#58. We cannot look at Syria, and the evil that has arisen from the ashes of indecision, and think this is not the lowest point in the world's inability to protect and defend the innocent.
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#59. The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.
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#60. If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them,
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#61. I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren't characters I looked up to and identified with.
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#62. I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love a good, you know, 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.
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#63. Like every mother, my wish - every birthday - is for my children to stay healthy (and) for my family to remain healthy.
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#64. 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.
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#66. Like most people, you listen to yourself on the phone or an answering machine and you're like, 'Ugh.' So to do something with just your voice is hard.
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#67. An off-screen persona of Globally Conscious Earth Mother and an aggressive on-screen embodiment of Kali, Goddess of Destruction.
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#69. I don't really send text messages. I rarely carry my phone. I occasionally check messages at the end of the night, but I don't carry it around.
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#70. Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
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#71. It was weird to be married; you kind of lose your identity. You're suddenly somebody's wife. And you're like, 'Oh, I'm half of a couple now. I've lost me.'
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#72. Violence against women and lack of intervention and man's inhumanity to man and this kind of atrocities are going on. These are big issues of our times, we must speak about them, we must learn how to better understand how these things happen so we can address them.
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#73. 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.
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#74. Children teach you so much. You take another look at life when you have a child. Everything is new again for you. They ground you.
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#75. Don't fit in. Don't sit still. Don't ever try to do less than you are.
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#76. I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express.
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#77. Im extremely honest, and I pride myself on it. I dont try to be shocking. Im playful, and I know when something Im saying is maybe shocking, but its just the truth, I never wanted to be scary to people or upsetting to people. I simply want to live the way I need to live.
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#78. I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.
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#79. Love should be that person that inspires you to be a better person.
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#80. 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.
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#81. Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny.
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#82. The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that's what I try to teach my kids.
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#83. I always wanted a great love affair: something that feels big and full, really honest, and enough. No moment should feel slight, false, or a little off. For me, it had to be everything.
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#84. 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.
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#85. I just started reading lots of books and then called the United Nations and asked if they could educate me. The more I got involved, the more I suddenly began to feel useful as a human being and felt like I was finally living as I should be.
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#87. There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you're compassionate.
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#88. 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.
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#89. The sun doesn't lose its beauty when covered by the clouds. The same way your beauty doesn't fade when being covered by Hijab
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#90. It is not where you start out in life that counts the most, it is how you choose to face it.
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#91. I actually feel that women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn't complain. Consider all the people who really struggle and don't have the financial means, don't have the support, and many people are single raising children. That's hard.
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#92. 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.
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#93. I collect books, and I love libraries. I love bookstores. And to me meeting a writer is important. And when I saw a book with my name on it I almost passed out.
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#94. 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.
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#95. Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third
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#96. 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.
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#97. I love doing action. And I love doing dramatic films, and I'd never really been able to combine them.
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#98. People will always say all sorts of stuff. Let them. I'm enjoying my life
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#99. 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.
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#100. When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents.
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