742 Quotes by 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 and work for as long as I have. I’m sure there’ll be a few more films but I’m happy that I’m able to be selective.

Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don’t know why he’s with me. I don’t know whether I’m good enough. But if I make him happy, then I’m everything I want to be.

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.

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

It’s better to have nobody, than to have someone who is half there, or doesn’t want to be there.

We did work together surprisingly well, more than I thought we would, because I didn’t know before we met if we would actually work together really well, and we had a great time.

I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I’m walking down the street.

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 love great journalism. I appreciate it. 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.