I don't want people saying, 'Should we get a female director?' I want to hear, 'Should we get a great director for… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I wouldn't put myself forward to do a film like 'Changeling' if I thought I couldn't pull people into a story because… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Sadly, of course, there is real evil in the world. You watch the news, and you see all of the people suffering… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
By remembering that I don't know sadness or pain like the people do in the camp and to be sad will not… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I wish I could find people who just would fight me and break through to me and hold me down and scream… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
People say that you're going the wrong way when it's simply a way of your own. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
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… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I thought I'd become a funeral director when I wasn't going to be an actor. I thought I would be good at… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness.… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I'm not going to say how, specifically, but I will continue to speak out about human rights and freedoms. Absolutely. We can… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I loved being on the other side of the camera. I loved watching another actress in the spotlight, do an extraordinary job,… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
We need the political will, and that often comes from the will of the people. So if celebrities or personalities can help… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I don't need any crutches in order to concentrate. As a child I learned that you must be ready because I'd be… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I respect all religions. What I don't respect is when people use religion to attack others. I've met people across the world,… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I'm not a hugger. People make fun of me. It's something that I have a hard time with. If someone hugs me,… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I felt I should have been taught about the landmine problem. It made me suddenly realize certain things about the world and… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I think I was probably able to flip characters in my head as if I was playing different roles in order to… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I remember the days of auditioning and being nervous and so I really didn't want to make people have to jump through… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
You just don't know when you get in the editing room what you will need as a link or a tool for… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I actually feel that women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn't complain when we… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
He's amazing. He's a really dedicated father. I feel very blessed that every day I wake up and I live with my… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I think the depth, what children can handle and what they're interested in, is much deeper than I think what people assume.… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Brad was a huge surprise to me. I think we were both the last two people who were looking for a relationship.… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I approached UNHCR because I believe in what the United Nations. I believe refugees are the most vulnerable people in the world.… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
In countries where people have to flee their homes because of persecution and violence, political solutions must be found, peace and tolerance… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
People will say what they want to say, and it's okay. And my life will go on, and I need to focus… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
People always slow down for a train wreck. It's like junk food. If you don't feel good about yourself, you want to… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
With my family, I'm trying to raise them to have respect for all people and make friends around the world and feel… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
We need to be open minded to understand that there are lots of different levels of things going on and we shouldn't… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I'm not somebody that just wants to hold up a white flag and say, 'Let's all just get along.' I think people… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I'd go from film to film and almost detach from one world and jump in another. I was living as these people… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
It's hard no to work, so I find a way to put myself back to work. And I think it's important, in between projects,… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
There is no shame in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
It doesn't take courage to drink too much and be wild or jump around. That doesn't take any kind of boldness, just riding a… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
Sexism is part of every industry and must be addressed. But I try not to focus on the negative but the positive side of… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
The nice thing about being a director is that I can say, "I can only get into the room after the kids are at… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
No matter what you have gone through in your youth, it is about who you choose to be in life. You can define your… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
I'd love to have a great relationship with my father. And unfortunately... I don't. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
My kids will be needing me a lot when they hit their teens. If I know anything about being a teenager. I need to… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
I never save things and I never take pictures. I wanna live in the moment. I don't wanna be focusing on the past. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share
If you can imagine the area and the land in Cambodia, I mean there are hardly any roads in big parts of the country.… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share