742 Quotes by 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.

I listened to a lot of tapes of British theatre actresses and tried to learn from them. As Americans, we don't have such a gift with language.

I realized that very young - that a life where you don't live to your full potential, or you don't experiment, or you're afraid, or you hesitate, or there are things you know you should do but you just don't get around to them, is a life that I'd be miserable living, and the only way to feel that I'm on the right path is just to be true to myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come with stepping out of something that's maybe safe or traditional.

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.

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

The older ones recently saw Mr and Mrs Smith and I think they thought that was the funniest thing they'd ever seen because, of course, watching your parents fight as spies is some strange sort of childhood fantasy.

The only way to have a life is to commit to it like crazy.

I wish I could find people who just would fight me and break through to me and hold me down and scream their life into my face.

I'm terrible at reading scripts. I love to read, and I hate reading scripts.