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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# 950 | Missouri Fan Congratulation!!! :D
African Girl: I havent read the remainder of the other threads so i don’t know if CB resolved her problem with unposted comments. It is not me reporting it by any chance. Promise. And yes, I am a fan of CB’s posts, her off-beat style of writing is really fun to read. It’s like champagne, bubbly and tickles your senses. You cannot help but be infected by her seemingly "joie de vivre", her joy of life. Is my French right? I’d rather be a fan of CB than Jennifer Pity Me Aniston. # 521 | PI | July 18, 2006 08:51 AM |Howdy BAMZS’er Mateys!!! “:)Hope everyone is excellent tonight!My apologies to those people whom I didn’t get back to the other night on the “Brad Pitt & Global Green thread”. I was sooooo drop dead tired, I wasn’t even thinking straight and I do admit that, I got totally caught up in the excitement of the International Roll call of BAMZS Fans I called here and couldn’t help myself for hanging around and catching the real time “action” of it all. I didn’t end up going to bed until something hideous and ridiculous like 9am and didn’t I pay for it the next day! gezzzzzzz Lmao However, I’m “back on track now” and it was all totally worth it…and tooooo cool, I luvvvvvved how people responded all over the world and I know how much the BAMZS truly are loved here!!! (also, I am sure J2 appreciates how “global” his blog truly is!!! “:)Anyways, moving right along to my response for PI.I don’t think Ag answered your post earlier, sooooo, I just thought I would do so myself now.Hey PI!There is absolutely “no problems” with you and I! No worries Matey!!! “:)and to explain things further here, well? The “short” of it goes like this >>>Firstly…I wrote a post # 1314 and you responded with post # 1318 & also there was a duplicate of your post @ # 1319. ‘Doobiebrain’ apparently received a “delete the duplicate post request” and instead of deleting your # 1319, he deleted my # 1314! Make complete sense now? Well of course it all does Matey!!! “:)Also…“# 1532 | cycloneblondie Lmao….You’ve got a faaan!” # 1537 | African Girl | July 16, 2006 05:00 PM |Well??? AG can correct me if I am now wrong but…I took her post as being VERY funny & sarcastic!!! She was saying I have a “faaan” now…but in actual fact was meaning like, I have a total “hater” on my **** now!!! With me??? Hope so. “:)Anyways…I enjoy all your posts also PI. Keep them coming! I truly thankyou for all your nice compliments earlier!!!I merely became slightly annoyed the other night (not with you!!!) that my post for Estelle was deleted & is now, well and truly, totally “anti-climactic” & not funny…however…I am really glad that YOU appreciated the intended humour at the time and in the moment!!! That does make it all worthwhile now! Cheers Matey!!! “:)
Morning y’allI haven’t posted in a while but I’ve been reading, so I know Ms. Lainey has also been reading y’all’s comment about her (lmao). That chick is a riot and I’m begining to like her, y’all don’t hate me. I’m doing my round of gossip check (best do it when you’re at work, not so?) and I come to Lainey’s, here’s what the girl’s got to sayRyan & Rachel in VancouverI asked and many of you replied to say you want any and all details so here you go, courtesy of several readers in Vancouver, especially Liz and Faith who sent in their observations.Rachel and Ryan were on West Broadway in Kits (4 blocks from my place, I’m not kidding you) on Tuesday. They had lunch, Rachel is beautiful, but everyone, EVERYONE remarked on how thin she was, and someone even wrote to ask if she’s the latest actress to submit to the Hollywood Diet Doctors. But let’s not speculate about that, ok? I need a break from the McGosling lunatics this week, especially since the “Brangelina” psychos have worked themselves into an international mouthfoaming tizzy of late. Sorry, I digress. Photos of Ryan from the Latest W Magazine shoot via JustJaredY’all I think you hurt Lainey’s feelings (lol).
Check this out, what do you think guys?http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/aviation%20experts%20at%20odds%20over%20jet-set%20jolies%20plane_1002865
Life and Times of Angelina Jolie is on right now on Biography channel. It is current and very interesting.
"Is my French right? I’d rather be a fan of CB than Jennifer Pity Me Aniston. So I’ll take that "CB fan" thing as a compliment :)" # 524 | PI | July 18, 2006 08:53 AM |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Ps. Just thought I would add that "AG", in case you were at all a wondering??? Cheers Mateys!!! ":)
Just wanna say Cliniqua I love your posts-I always feel that I am on the same page with you and PT but I guess I project a little pity for X-One thing that I don’t think we emphapsized from the interview isthat Brad put hs being a father above every other accomplishment in his LIFE-Personally I believe he included his marriage to Angie in that, but did not want to cause a media Frenzy- Anyway-have a great day all of you and keep the truth flowing-Oh yeah-Here is a challenge to everyone who says he cheated and I’ve asked this before-Are you saying he cheated because he was with Angelina before the divorce (like Jen was with Vince) or Are you saying he cheated because Angelina was pregnant before the divorce? 2. Do you think he realtionship in and of itself caused the demise of his marriage to Aniston?3. Do you think Aniston filed for a divorce because she had no choice?Instead of name calling and slander slinging I challenge you to explain you position and back it up with references, links, articles, quotes. . .You see when we all were in highschool-Some of us (NOT ME) hated research papers-they made you do so much work and whatever you wrote, you had to list a source or you could not write it. I don’t know about the rest of you but I can say for sure that most of us who admire the Jolie-Pitts are able to do this. So I just Challenge you to do the same. You see we wouldn’t have these disagreements if Ms. Aniston would have not alluded to the fact that she thought something was going on with B and A. Had she just come out and said "yeah he’s cheating and Yeah angie caused my marriage to end" then I for one could respect that -BUT since she said "I chose to believe my husband. Then in other interviews "You never really know" and I was devastated, I was shocked, I was hurt. . ., I find that difficult to respect. I have been married for a while and let me say this, Whatever the case, I would never have a problem saying ANYTHING-It is what it is, and that is all that it is!I have a problem with a woman being shocked and hurt if she is well aware of the condition of her marriage. I also have a problem with a woman who openly shows affection to a man by stradling him and showing lots of PDA, but relegates him to the same position as her dog, "a good loyal friend." Either you are with him or you are not. The same thing goes for the Jolie-Pitts. It is what it is -
# 953 | The Real Hmmmm | “Brangelina” psychos" —— Again with the snide remarks regarding BAMZS fan… at first i was like, ok give her a break, but now i think what ever is said about her here is diserved. For a gossip, she sure is thin skinned… i guess she can dish it but not take it…
I love the man he has become. You go Brad, You are the hottiest man out there with the hottiest wife
http://www.channeloklahoma.com/entertainment/5892853/detail.htmlBrad & Jen: One Year LaterPOSTED: 4:25 pm CST January 6, 2006Email This Story | Print This Story AP It was one year ago, Friday, that Brad and Jen called it quits."Seven years together, and four-and-a-half years of marriage, and now, Mr. and Mrs. Pitt are no longer," Billy Bush said."It is the shocking split that has left Hollywood stunned," Nancy O’Dell agreed. But Brad and Jen will always be remembered as the golden couple – a love story everyone hoped would last forever.After dating for more than two years, the twosome were married in a lavish sunset ceremony, complete with fireworks, on July 29, 2000."It’s one of those days that you never forget," Jen said.Guests included Edward Norton and then girlfriend, Salma Hayek, Jon Lovitz and every "Friend" except Matt Leblanc, who was shooting a film.——————————————————————————–Photo Gallery: Jennifer AnistonPhoto Gallery: Brad Pitt ——————————————————————————–Jen’s Dad, actor John Aniston, welcomed Pitt into the family with open arms."What’s Brad Pitt like as a son-in-law?" Nancy asked John, in a Feb. 24, 2001 interview."Well, he’s a wonderful son-in-law," John said."He treats her good, huh?" Nancy asked."He treats her good," John laughed."That’s awfully kind of him," Brad told Nancy."You even actually asked his permission to get married, huh?" Nancy asked."Yeah, oh, I am a little old-fashioned that way," Brad laughed.And supportive. Brad knew the simplest way to help Jen through her first Emmy nomination."How did you help ease her nerves last night?" Shaun Robinson asked Brad, in a September 2000 interview."Tell them about the big Mac today," Jen laughed."Yeah, I got her a Big Mac today, that’s about it," Brad laughed.When Jen appeared in the finale of "Friends" in May of 2004, Brad was nowhere to be seen.The pressure mounted. When would Hollywood’s most beautiful couple have children?Jen poked fun at the burning baby question on a Jan. 10, 2004 episode of Saturday Night Live, but a child was not to be.Last March, Jen filed for divorce, and on Oct. 2, 2005, it was final.
957 mommalibuITA-Aniston has played the pda and intimacy games very well.VV played along with the scheme.He shouldn’t feel bad being likened to one of her loyal friends- Norman.
another interesting stuff, Brad Grey? helped the hook up?http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/4069382/detail.htmlJennifer and Brad was a true life Hollywood story that most hoped would endure. The way they walked, the way they looked at each other, the hair, the clothes, it all seemed to fit."It’s interesting to note that before the announcement was made to People Magazine, they had told their friends and their family that they were splitting up," Hackett told Access.It was last week that Brad and Jennifer made the phone calls together. One day before the split was announced, friend and business partner to couple Brad Grey told Access, the two will not be starring in a film together. If anyone knows the inner workings of the Pitt-Aniston marriage, it’s Grey who hooked the two up on a blind date in 1998 just as each ended two and a half year relationships — Aniston to the "The O.C.’s" Tate Donovan and Pitt to fiancée Gwyneth Paltrow.Keeping their romance under wraps kept the public guessing until they were spotted at an REM concert."There is the famous photograph of them overlooking the balcony watching the show, and that’s where it all began," confirmed Hackett.Shortly thereafter in March of 1999, Aniston said to Rolling Stone: "I’ll just tell you that this is the happiest time of my life. I’m not saying why, it’s for a lot of reasons: work, love, family, just life — all of it."
# 957 | mommalibu | If Angie wasn’t the mother of those kids and B&A did not have that great of relationship as much as he loved the kids, the total joy would not be there. Since the interview wasn’t about his personal life, he is not gonna share his feelings for Angie.
# 949 | Missouri Fan | - Congratulations Missouri Fan, that is wonderful
# 935 | CLINIQUA | - Great Post.
# 962 | creole |Please, don’t bring JA in here! She is sooo boring!
#954 CCCC - Hasn’t AJ been taking flying leasons since 03/04? And hasn’t she been having the same plane - at least for the past 2 years? Wonder why this news article came out of the blues!
# 950 | Charity 4 St.John |============================How could you not love a person that does so much for the Children of the world, beautiful inside and out
# 967 | 81 | First of all, from all the pics of her flying, her flight instructer is always with her. She has only taken Madd flying, where the hell did they get that she took a new born baby and Zee flying.. She didn’t even go to Wash for Refugee day, because the baby was too young. They just love to write crap, to perpetuate the story that she’s crazy and endangering her kids.
# 958 | QQQQ | - ITA, isn’t it typical of some people though, they can dish it out but they can’t take it back in return, all I have to say to Lainey is WHATEVER
# 969 | QQQQ | - That what I want to know, where is the so-called pictures. People would write anything to make Angelina looks bad in the public eye. I think this story is bullshit; and why is it that all these bullshit stories always come from overseas, they either come from Austrialia or England.
This is from Star Magazine, only to be taken as entertainment.Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006Jen And Vince call Wedding OffWedding plans that may have taken a turn for the worse are those of Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, assuming there were any such plans at all.In the type of faux pas that would make a "Friends" blooper reel, the Star reports that during a recent lovemaking session - assuming there ever was a lovemaking session - Jen amorously called out "Brad" instead of "Vince,"’ which must have been some buzz kill for the former Wedding Crasher."Vince was livid!" said a source with particularly fine hearing.Jen’s blunder reportedly made Vince wonder whether he should really tie the knot with Aniston, especially since Vince’s mom, Sharon, according to the Star, is not overly fond of her."I believe Sharon thinks Jen fell for Vince just because he offered her stability when she was vulnerable, just after she and Brad split," said the anonymous source.The Star says Jen begged Vince to forgive her - thank goodness she didn’t shout out "Favreau, Favreau" - but Vince thinks they need to take a "breather."("The Break-Up" has, afer all, finished its theatrical run.)At least until a new magazine comes out, Jen is reportedly heartbroken.**********************************STAR Magazine reads like a fanfic, no?
# 950 | Charity 4 St.John | - Thanks for posting the article, that is great
# 966 | piyutra it was just to show how JA’s father found him wonderful
# 974 | creole | Brad only became a cad because he wanted out and she couldn’t manipulate him anymore. She and her friends are the only one who has said bad things about him… Brad’s been in HW for almost 20 yrs., if he was such a cad, the public would have known, his co-stars would have dished on him. Whenever E! showed clips of her on the red carpet talking about Brad, she always said he was a wonderful & LOYAL person. In all her magazine interviews before the split she said the same.
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