OlderAnn Curry Interviews Brad Pitt
Something is happening to you. This is not for … you’re doing more and more. Man, I got kids now. And it really changes your perspective on the world. And, you know, I’ve had my day. I’ve had my day. I made some films and I’ve really had a very fortunate life. And it’s time for me to share that a bit.
Angie says that having children really changes things. It’s true. It changes … it completely changes your perspective. And certainly takes the focus off yourself, which I’m really grateful for. [laughs] I’m really grateful to them.
You tell … I’m so tired of thinking about myself. I’m kinda sick of myself… I can’t do justice to it anymore than any other parent can. You feel that you want to be there and you don’t want to miss out on anything… And it’s a true joy. And you want to be there for them if they need anything. It’s a true joy.
Love. Yeah, it’s … oh, a very profound love. Yeah.
Wonderful. Best thing I ever did. You know, you can write a book, you can make a movie, you can draw, paint a painting, but having kids is really the most extraordinary thing I’ve ever taken on. And, man, if I can get a burp out of that, that little thing, I’ll feel such a sense of accomplishment.
Read the full interview after the jump. The video of Brad Pitt’s interview with Today Show’s Ann Curry is below. The recording is kinda bootleg but it’s the best available right now! Check it. Brad Pitt screencaps from Ann Curry’s interview in the gallery!
VIEW :: Check out the designs of the six finalists from Brad Pitt’s Global Green competition.
Brad Pitt by: Ann Curry
Brad Pitt recently teamed up with the non-profit group Global Green to try and spur green-friendly building in the Crescent City. I’m baffled because the people here on the ground have not gotten the money yet. They have not received restitution.
Nearly a year after Katrina, Brad Pitt sees first hand a city still ravaged. We can get in the car from this spot and we can drive for two hours and you will see this. We will see more of this. And it’s staggering. It’s unsettling.
By some estimates something like half — 50% — of this city is still abandoned. Yeah, it’s shocking. In one of our greatest cities. But you see it, it’s house on top of house on top of car. And this is a story you’ll find street after street… Imagine going through the trauma of this, of watching everything you own be swept away, maybe loss of life, and then sitting in this limbo for a year. Wanting to get your life back. But not knowing whether it’s even possible. Are there gonna be schools here? Are the hospitals gonna be up and running? Are your neighbors gonna be back here?
To this shattered city Pitt is bringing a new idea called green design — that is, a way to rebuild using materials that are less harmful to the environment, and cheaper for people to live in. Right now 45% of our pollution comes from the creation of our buildings and the operation of our buildings, which is a staggering number.
Not only are you talking about it, you put some money into this project? Yeah, sure I’m sponsoring this competition. I’m invested in this competition.
About 100,000 dollars? So far. But my goal is to see something tangible, to see something built that can become an example, a template … a flagship for other people who are facing rebuilding.
What do you say to people who react by thinking, you know what, this type of housing is too far-fetched for people that needed houses yesterday? Absolutely. And building quickly and building with as little labor force as possible. We are sitting here in the middle of New Orleans and they have a shortage of homes, rent rates are through the roof. A family living here is struggling with $100 a month in electricity bills, $200 dollars a month and you can get that .. you can knock that down 90 percent, where it’s $10, $20 dollars and it is possible. And relatively easy as soon as we change our building practices.
Something is happening to you. This is not for … you’re doing more and more. Man, I got kids now. And it really changes your perspective on the world. And, you know, I’ve had my day. I’ve had my day. I made some films and I’ve really had a very fortunate life. And it’s time for me to share that a bit.
Angie says that having children really changes things. It’s true. It changes … it completely changes your perspective. And certainly takes the focus off yourself, which I’m really grateful for. [laughs] I’m really grateful to them.
You tell … I’m so tired of thinking about myself. I’m kinda sick of myself… I can’t do justice to it anymore than any other parent can. You feel that you want to be there and you don’t want to miss out on anything… And it’s a true joy. And you want to be there for them if they need anything. It’s a true joy.
Love. Yeah, it’s … oh, a very profound love. Yeah.
Wonderful. Best thing I ever did. You know, you can write a book, you can make a movie, you can draw, paint a painting, but having kids is really the most extraordinary thing I’ve ever taken on. And, man, if I can get a burp out of that, that little thing, I’ll feel such a sense of accomplishment.
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I really like the fact that Brad came up with the Green Competition thing. It showcases his talent and interest as an architect. I think it’s kind of new to some people to see that side of him. Between him and Angie I can see them making money from a whole bunch of things other than Hollywood. I think people are beginning to take them serious.
The more I see Brad & Angie doing good deeds the more I adore them. Love them so dearly I can’t even explain it. More power to the Power couple!
#921 Washington Post-I hate this kind of journalism. The one who is on the perch is you, the author of this article, not Brad, dangling in your office on your comfy swivel chair, having a ciggerette, some coffee and you think youre gonna write something clever which turns out to be judgemental. And I’m asking what have you done with your life??? Nothing. Right.I am sick of people like that sitting on a high perch, preaching and doing **** in their own life. I really admire Brad and Angelina for how they manage the media storm around them. So many people out there have expectations of them to do this, to say that, to think that and so on. And they are just actors who enjoy what they do, just like any journalist enjoys writing their sarcastic pieces and having them published. The only difference is that they are not hounded by paparazzi. I really dont want to see any more pictures of Brad and Angie and the kids. I want them to live their life as they want. In peace. Did you see that small moment in the press conference at Global Green competition in New Orleans? He was a shy man in that moment, a man who sometimes finds the media frenzy foreign and unwanted and feels uncomfortable with it. I had that feeling watching him at the conference. And then those questions how much money he donated to the competition. Those pesky questions, those expectations. I would feel nauseated. I felt nauseous for Brad.
The journalist use the same pattern to confirm what they’ve heard about Brad and Angie’s donation, i.e. Anderson.."I learnt you donate a third of your salary, Ann.. Brad, I learnt you donate this… then some people go ballistic that they are announcing how much they are donating. Brad is a nice and shy guy, I really recent all the critical comments about him.
# 897 | ntt With Meryl Streep I think a lot of it was taking method acting TOO FAR. she would literally become the character she was portaying. IIRC for "Sophie’s Choice" she went around speaking in that Polish accent ALL THE TIME. On-set, off-set…didn’t matter. She literally became the Holocaust survivor she was portraying.
I MISS SHILOH AND ANGIE!! I WANNA SEE IT!
Here is an essay from the Washinton Post about Brad being in NO. Is this guy being nice but in a funny way or is he just being sarcastic?# 909 | alero+++++++++++++Sarcastic, but nice about it. I’m going to let him slide, though, because he didn’t bring X. For that alone I’ll be a fan.
To Bulletproof. Yeah - I wrote a response. I didn’t think the writer was being nice at all. But the good news is reading around, I find many bloggers who are just saying - what we are saying - he is doing something positive for NO and the critics should point to what they have done lately for NO in particular and for others in general. It’s interesting that most have no reply. Perhaps they are above responding to these questions coz, really they are so busy doing good works ….. LOL
933: PT are you sure that journalist didn´t mention the X at all?…..I´m going to read it again.
Hey guys…am catching up - so I needed to respond to several posts all at once. Cliniqua_________________________________________I’ll always believe it was the baby issue that split X and Brad up, and that he protected her by denying it.# 628 | kidi++++++++++++And I’ve always thought that the baby issue was just the last straw. I think that they had so many other problems that by those last 2 years her not wanting to have kids was just the impetus he needed to finally admit that their relationship was a dead-end. It certainly didn’t help X that he’d met a woman who was happily a single mother and considering adopting a second child.I’ve also always wondered what BP was feeling when he found out that Courtney Cox-Arquette was finally going to be able to carry a baby to term. With all the problems Courtney was having it probably irked him to no end that X wouldn’t even CONSIDER trying. And then X rubbed his nose in it by becoming coco’s godmother? X wouldn’t have his baby, but she’d agree to look out for someone else’s kid if it became necessary? Now THAT was just c-o-l-d and a big slap in the face for Brad. # 658 | Passing Through_________________________________ Hey guys. Count me in, as one of the ones who believed Brad totally when he said the baby issue is not what did them in, I believe he called that rumor, "bullshit." Chin’s friends in VF echoed that as well, and I believe went as far to say it was Brad who wasn’t interested. I’m also one of the people who thought nearing the end of his marriage Brad probably broke out into cold seats imagining Aniston accidentally getting pregnant. That could also be why he was so seldom with her in 2003-2004, because he doesn’t have to hurt feelings i he’s away from home working, ya know what I mean?? I personally think Brad had come to the conclusion that they were not meant to be, and that he didn’t want to have children with just a buddy/roommate. Like Brad said, there are "no excuses anymore." He also said he didn’t want to "wake up one day and not know who he is." I’m one of the ones who think he was running from himself when he married Aniston - the ’self,’ that believed in the fairy tale, and the self who gave himself up to love. He put that ’self,’ away and married a girlfriend of two years, who he liked a lot, and thought he’d be building a family with. A safe port in the storm - that’s what Aniston was for Brad. The overwhelming passionate head over heels kind of love he was done with. Face it, he was bitter — he was the wounded party in the Paltrow affair, but he was slandered by her, and stabbed in the back. His heart got broken and publicly too. I think he had residual bitterness when he married Aniston, a nice safe bet he thought he could have the picket fence and 2.5 kids with, and vowed never to be at someone else’s mercy again, emotionally. Aniston however, didn’t go along with the plan - and I think after a while, and during his marriage Brad got over Paltrow and what she had done to him eventually - (seeing her married with children probably helped that progression), then he looked at his own life and I think he came to the conclusion that since he and Aniston had never gotten around to having kids, and since they weren’t each other’s true once-in-a-lifetime love, it would be best if they parted ways. I really believe that is the conclusion Brad came to. Plus, you can say what you will — I still think those public utterances about being uncertain if Brad was the love of her life, and his comments about ‘mergers,’ and the practicality of marriage, her not thanking him after innumerable walks down the red carpet…it all came home to roost…not saying those things on their own brought them down, I just think it was the inevitable result when you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons (in Brad’s case).I saw the view today Barbera Walters commented on Brad saying that his whole foucus has changed now and his biggest accomplishment in life theese day is if he can get a burp out of Baby Shiloh. so she purposed can we take him seriously as a macho actor, as a action hero, etc etc. They all came to he conclusion that no he could not, he has become soft.Not one mention about his good works, she did say Global Green once but did not elaborate.******* don’t have a clue.Tanika swooned when Brad’s name was mentioned but also commented that his image as far as a bad ass actor could take a hot,? # 664 | julia They sicken me. They also sound like a bunch of dumbasses who have never seen a Brad Pitt movie in life, and don’t know much about his career. As someone said, when the f* has Brad Pitt been Rambo?? Did I miss that?? To date, I think the most macho he’s played was probably either Tyler Durden in FC or Tristian in LOTF, both of those roles were unique and not your classic macho action hero - Tyler was a figment of Ed Norton’s imagination and his ‘other self’ - and the whole film was a pyschological drama. While Tristian was a romantic drama and period piece. Neither required Brad to act like a neandrathal violent macho dude. Hell, as Tristian he spent more than half the film crying his ass off! Those View ******* are stupid as hell, Barbara included. I’ve come to the conclusion, that The View has really put a black mark on her illustrious broadcasting career - now she hosts a bitchfest that’s only a half-step up the evolutionary ladder as The Maury Povich show. Yeah Barbara keep dissing Brad and Angelina and their family — they’re productive members of society, helping others and giving back…meanwhile you can be content to leave as legacy your gift of Elizabeth Hasselfuck.____________________________________________I agree about the others but I really think what has emasculated BP in peoples’ eyes is his being led around by the nose by AJ for the last year. You may or may not like that being said but i truly think that is where people are coming from when they mention his lost "macho action hero" image….NOT having a baby and swooning over it but being obviously put in the background of AJ’s life. She’s taken over. I didn’t ever pay it much mind till the day right after the birth they did the first press conference and she all but said "SHUT-UP" to him and did all that babbling. Several times her eyes clearly told him to stifle. He was left drooling….I kind of felt a little sorry for the dumb terd. # 696 | tokyorose Tokyorose, did you ever think your opinions might be seen as less biased and well, let’s face it — LESS full of jealous, irate, vile delusional irrational rancor towards Brad Pitt and the love of his life, Angelina - if you had NOT, ended your post calling him a ‘dumb terd.’ Seriously, it would have had a better impact. As is, that last comment sealed the deal on your being obsessed with Brad now having obviously ‘traded up,’ and you for some bizarre irrational reason, are enraged by that. I’m sure you must be an ugly old hag too, much like your idol, J.Maniston._____________________________________Gee, what a shocker that the "engagement" of X and VV is "off" now that their movie promotions are over. # 701 | kidi(1) neither of them have every once said it was "ON"…and (2) their movie is still a hit. # 706 | REMEMBER DA TRUTH Their movie is a hit because she’s been pimping her own ‘break-up’ for the better part of a year and a half, and because Vince Vaughn is just the latest successful comedy boy man, she has attached herself to (see Ben Stiller, see Jim Carey, see Vince)…on her own, she and her films are duds. The movie itself was savaged by the critics, and I really would hope that J Maniston takes home a razzie or two this year, just for all the unbelievable crap she’s dumped on our heads this year, both in the theater and out. ___________________________________ It was mentioned sometime ago that Josh Lucas was being considered to play Daniel in the Mighty Heart. # 714 | Kiki I really hope THAT is just a ridiculous rumor. It would be the most insensitive thing ever to have a wasp/southern (?) dude playing Daniel Pearl. JMO. I’d feel the same if they cast Brad. This movie is about a man who was killed because he was Jewish…how are you going to cast someone where that does not apply - they would not have the perspective. Marianne being of part african descent is not as critical, she’s a multiracical person from a cross-cultural community, and the film is about her love for the man that was her husband. But IMO Daniel Pearl should be played with/by someone that can have that unique perspective that comes from belonging to a particular ethnicity/religious group. I mean, jeez - Josh Lucas? Why not get Matthew McConaughey to play him next?? LOL_________________________________________I don’t know that BP/X weren’t ever "in love". I think they THOUGHT they were in love, but came to realize that they didn’t like each other enough to be in love. I also think that Brad was on the rebound was was searching for something in X that just wasn’t there. Namely a warm, compassionate, loving, giving, unselfish human being. As we all know X is none of those things unless there’s something in it for her. Plus, I’ve always thought that one of the main reasons X was so resistant to having kids early in the marriage was because she knew it wasn’t going to last and she didn’t want to be "stuck" with kids if it didn’t. She knows it would be a huge blow to her career if she didn’t fight for custody of her kids. After all, what mother doesn’t want full custody of her kids…even in an amicable split? If they’d have had kids, then X would end up with kids that she didn’t really want, so she kept lying to Brad about why she wanted to put off having them. It’s been said that they started having problem as early as a year after their marriage. Once they started having little issues come up between them I’m sure she mentally back-peddled away from having kids as hard as she could. Not that I think she ever intended to have them anyway! # 721 | Passing Through I think had Aniston known Brad Pitt would ultimately leave and not look back - she’d have had a baby come hell or high water, and in a NY minute to keep him. The thing is, because Brad’s the nicest, kindest guy in the world (so she and almost everyone that knows him has said), she got lulled into this false sense of security that he’d just always be around, like her old comfy shoe, or doormat. I’ve said this before, but I think Brad is such caring, compassionate man, and has a tendency to just naturally be the ‘caretaker,’ in a relationship and want the person in his life to be happy, (As Mr. Smith said, "I want her to be happy, I want good things for her," - lol, that struck me as ALL Brad adlib) — but as a result, I think the other person gets complacent and comfortable, and assumes because he is a good man, and caring - that he will just always be there. I read somewhere in some article that Aniston had from a few years ago, how she was saying how wonderful it was to have this kind of "unconditional love, where she was just loved despite all her problems, dysfunction and hang-ups and bullshit," or words to that affect. I thought to myself, well honey — you didn’t have it then either. She was confused and very slow, if she thought Brad loved her unconditionally…that’s reserved for children, and parents — and sometimes not even that (see Jen’s Mom) - relationships take work, and unselfishness, and compromise, but more than anything devotion that goes both ways. He is naturally a ‘devoted’ person, but he’s not going to keep his output at high, for someone who is not only NOT returning that and just sitting back and saying gimme gimme gimme, bu also a person who is not that passionate about to begin with…I just think they were missing quite a bit of what really matters in a relationship, and Brad just woke up, and grew up and out of the Paltrow hatred and bitterness and moved on. ____________________________________________
I read it again and in fact the x is just mentionated one time… "…and divorcing Jennifer Aniston and not appearing in any movies…"…that´s all, almost anything….Yiupiiiii……(Nobodoy cares about her (excpet their lunatic fans)
washington post essay–i thought it was sarcastic.# 896 | Dancer thanks, I’ll vote =D
"It was mentioned sometime ago that Josh Lucas was being considered to play Daniel in the Mighty Heart.# 714 | Kiki"=====================There are TWO MOVIES being done about Daniel Pearl. The one with Josh Lucas is NOT the movie Brad’s producing.
Cliniqua: Great Post !!! Love to read your messages…
Don´t you think that if the movie will start to be shooting in september they already know the name of the actor ?….. I think it will be a surprise for everybody…I wonder who will be?
I would love to see Adrien Brody play DP.
936 | CLINIQUA Sharp and Intelligent post !! you hit the nail !love reading it !
She was confused and very slow, if she thought Brad loved her unconditionally…that’s reserved for children, and parents — and sometimes not even that (see Jen’s Mom) - relationships take work, and unselfishness, and compromise, but more than anything devotion that goes both ways936 | CLINIQUA EXACTLY ! Maniston is too selfish and greedy, while Angie is the exact opposite of Brad X, selfless , giving and very generous. Brad is lucky to have Angie.
He choose Fight club instead of Apollo 13. # 891 | +++ |=================Wrong, it was Apollo 13 he turned down. Apollo 13 & Seven both filmed in 95. Fight Club was filmed in 1998
Good morning all and thank you Gitane (#869) for the link - what a good article. To sacrifice so much to be with Brad, Brad indeed means the whole world to her.
#835, African Girl, I think it is best to use the character Rachel because it is much easier to write about her manipulative antics without getting too passionate about that existence.
#883, Alexanderina, I also believe that statement sends a very profound message that he has made the right decision to be with Angie and his children and does not care about all those things that are now important to Rachel Green because he has done it all.
Amaya I have Angelina’s interview on my computer from the Conan O’Brien show. She was very young, and very erratic. I will try and upload to youtube.
GOOD DAY TO ALL FANS!Magandang araw sa mga mahal kong Pinay & Pinoy!I will have a new Profound Love like Brad Pitt!first new grandbaby boy! He will be a LEO like MADDOX & me ! MORE POWER TO JOLIE-PITT’S FAMILY!May God showers them with more graces…BBL
Angelina & St John Team Up for CharityWed, 07/19/2006 - 1:10amIt was out of the ordinary for St John’s to choose such a young actress to revive their label. Now that Angelina is a part of the fashion houses family it was only a matter of time before her do-good deeds would rub off. The actress and clothing company are expectred to announce a children’s charity they will be partering within the future. FWD reports:Angelina Jolie loves children, that’s a fact. And to further show the extent to which she will go to alleviate their plight, the actress, mother, humanitarian, and face of St. John is on the brink of naming the foundation being created in association with the American luxury house in support of children’s causes. An announcement is expected to be made by the end of August or possibly during New York Fashion Week. Details remain mum on the project, but during the announcement, Jolie is expected to outline and green light several key initiatives over the long term that will benefit the yet-to-be-named charity.
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