Film Quotes by Angelina Jolie

Films that I want to do are few and far between.

— Angelina Jolie

I think if you make a good movie, people walk away arguing.

— Angelina Jolie

I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express.

— Angelina Jolie

I imagine I will be less involved in film and be focused more on family and foreign affairs.

— Angelina Jolie

With doing the movies I've done I don't think I would be half the person I am today.

— Angelina Jolie

It's probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories…

— Angelina Jolie

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

As a director, I hoped that I was able to help the actors by giving them the space and the respect they…

— Angelina Jolie

I personally feel like, if you're watching a film about war, you should get a sense of what it's really like.

— Angelina Jolie

The nice thing about being a director is that I can say, "I can only get into the room after the kids…

— Angelina Jolie

I love doing action. And I love doing dramatic films, and I'd never really been able to combine them.

— Angelina Jolie

If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.

— Angelina Jolie

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

The Coen brothers said something that helped me, "When you put the book down, you have a certain feeling, a certain understanding.…

— Angelina Jolie

My role as goodwill ambassador has made my work as a film star relatively dull. I can't find anything that interests me…

— Angelina Jolie

I wasn't into fairytales when I was little. I was of the generation of the earlier Disney films where many of the…

— Angelina Jolie

Brad [Pitt] and I have never wanted our kids to be actors. We've never talked about it. But, we also want them…

— Angelina Jolie

None of my kids want to be actors. They are actually very interested in being musicians. I think they like the process…

— Angelina Jolie

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…

— Angelina Jolie

Women have a certain sexuality, and I think their bodies are beautiful, and I'm not embarrassed to explore that in a film.…

— Angelina Jolie

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities…

— Angelina Jolie

I'm having to do a lot to keep my clothes on and not be cast in girlfriend roles. Some women will say,…

— Angelina Jolie

In the films I've done recently, I've been learning a little more about the side of myself that enjoys being a light.…

— Angelina Jolie

War is so complex; human nature is so complex. There's no filmmaker who has ever figured it out perfectly.

— Angelina Jolie

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing…

— Angelina Jolie

That's when it becomes a business. When you've been public a long time, when it's a career. You do certain films, you…

— Angelina Jolie

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities…

— Angelina Jolie

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

I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was. It might partly explain…

— Angelina Jolie

I like to work with artists from around the world. There are so many new inspiring filmmakers. I had the privilege recently…

— Angelina Jolie

Brad and I have never wanted our kids to be actors, but we also want them to be around film and be…

— Angelina Jolie

Actors spend a great deal of their time making films. And that doesn't mean that they're not educated. But we haven't gone…

— Angelina Jolie

It's probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories…

— Angelina Jolie

I love directing, It means so much to me to direct stories about subject matter that I care deeply about. I can…

— Angelina Jolie