Angelina Jolie Quotes

There is no shame in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor.

I believe the only people that should be around a child and raising a child are people who absolutely, 100 percent love that child

To do something good, it has to scare you.

I just started to see the world as it really is and it completely shocked me and changed my opinion on everything.. on life and my values and certainly my own sense of self.

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.

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.

~Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it's just as important to sit down and ask my son how he's feeling or talk to him about life.~

I didn't even know my bra size until I made a movie.

If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them.

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.

Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about.

And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father.

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

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

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.

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

Now they can do all these magic things with computers. So you think you get to do something in a movie and you find out you don't get to really do it.

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.

Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman.

I make it a point not to buy certain magazines, not because I am against tabloids or things like that, but I want to fill my mind with valid issues in the world.

an off-screen persona of Globally Conscious Earth Mother and an aggressive on-screen embodiment of Kali, Goddess of Destruction.

I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I'm a good mom. But that's for my kids to decide, not for the world.

It may sound cliché, but when you feel beautiful and strong on the inside, it shows on the outside.

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.

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not educated.

A Single journey can change the course of a life.

Love should be that person that inspires you to be a better person.

No, no, no, I've just grown up too much to be hurt by what people's opinion of my love life is.

It's a natural thing for a child to lose a parent. I lost my mom too young but it happened. And I'm happy she's out of pain, 'cause I love her and she's my friend.

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.

I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I'm happy.

The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is that they just remind you that you're the person who takes them to go poop. That's who you are!

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 think doing anything having to do with war, you walk away so very grateful for everything you have and the safety that you have.

To be put simply refugees are us. And their mothers are like us, they love their children the same, they laugh, they dream, and they are survivors, they are amazing.

I always work with refugees and I think they are the most amazing people and it's a privilege to spend time with them, so I will always.

When those who have the opportunity to speak to those politicians they must do so and if one doesn't have that opportunity to speak directly, they can still speak indirectly and it can be heard.

I think I'll be working a lot less as I get older

I eat steamed sea bass and vegetables, and I have no sugar, and only drink soy milk.

The nice thing about being a director is that I can say, "I can only get into the room after the kids are at school, and I have to be back for dinner. And they're coming for lunch."

I wanna better understand the world I live in, and I wanna be able to learn how to be more effective... I wanna learn and I wanna listen.

If you become aware of a public self, you're in danger of becoming a very artificial person.

I'm not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don't walk away from it when something unfolds.

All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.

I'm looking very much forward to growing older. I want to be an exhausted older woman but with a very full life behind me and one still going.

People will say what they want to say, and it's okay. And my life will go on, and I need to focus on my life. So, do I need to defend that I'm a decent woman? I sure hope I don't. I know I am.

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.

For anybody that works in any kind of demining or any kind of humanitarian aid work, there is danger and it's always a high-risk area [in Cambodia].

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.