OlderBrad Pitt’s Interview With Ann Curry
Brad Pitt and NBC News’ Ann Curry chat up his efforts to bring green design (eco-friendly building and development) to Katrina-devasted city of New Orleans. Brad, who owns a home with Angelina Jolie in the French Quarter of New Orleans, continually offers support to green building in the region.
“It’s about dignity,” Brad said during his exclusive interview. “You look around, the first thing that gets sacrificed in affordable housing is lights, ventilation. You see here we got great light. There’s windows everywhere.”
While sowing the green affordable housing, Brad added, “There is this great breeze coming in they’re here. All– all the materials here are nontoxic. And I think, for the family that’s going to be here, especially being a father that it’s got to feel good to know that he’s giving his family a better way of life.”
Brad’s interview with Today airs this morning and Thursday morning @ 7-10AM ET/PT on NBC.
Brad Pitt’s Exclusive Interview with Ann Curry, 8/22
For more interview snippets of Brad’s interview with Ann, click inside…
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BRAD PITT INTERVIEW
By: Ann Curry
BRAD PITT: It’s about dignity. You look around, the first thing that gets sacrificed in affordable housing is lights, ventilation. You see here we got great light. There’s windows everywhere. (Showing the green affordable housing)
There is this great breeze coming in they’re here. All– all the materials here are nontoxic. And I think, for the family that’s going to be here, especially being a father that it’s got to feel good to know that he’s giving his family a better way of life.
That he’s able to contribute that way. Not only that, this house does not poison the environment. It’s respectful to the– to the people who will be here after. It’s very simple. There’s not, you know, most of the building strategy here is– is using techniques that have been around a long time….There’s very little new technology in here…. It’s just, you know, making us be aware of it. Teaching ourselves. And implementing it.
ANN CURRY:
Two things come to mind. First– as a man who makes movies, who has a wealthy life, to speak about what a father, who does not have those things, is able to give his children.
BRAD PITT:
Well, again, I think it’s–
ANN CURRY:
It says something about–
BRAD PITT:
It’s a justice issue. You know– I mean what we saw Katrina is that there is a portion of our society that’s being overlooked. And– and so– in the aftermath, we’re not going to be able to bring back the friends and family that are lost.
We’re not going to be able to bring back their heirlooms and their photographs. But maybe, this is a question we presented, maybe we can provide a better way of life. Maybe we can find some good out of this. And that has to deal with justice and fairness. And– and what I think this place proves is that this technology, that this healthier way of life, this better way of life, is applicable to all economic levels.
ANN CURRY:
When you say justice and fairness, what you’re saying is that everyone, no matter what their income level, deserves an opportunity to have a healthy life.
BRAD PITT:
Absolutely.
ANN CURRY:
Deserves an opportunity to have a place where their children can grow up healthy and happy…
BRAD PITT:
Absolutely.
ANN CURRY:
…with sunlight, and outdoor space.
BRAD PITT:
That’s right. And they don’t have to be subjected to the bottom end of materials. Materials that– that are developed for profit. And we’re becoming more and more aware of these materials. And I think we’ll see a big movement away from that, and– and to a healthier– healthy materials as this house….
You see that FEMA trailer over there. It’s ripe with formaldehyde. That trailer that people are having to stay in is poisoning them, even as we speak.
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BRAD PITT:
I think it’ll be a big topic in the upcoming elections.
ANN CURRY:
Has it been enough of a topic?
BRAD PITT:
No, it hasn’t been enough. No, it hasn’t been enough.
ANN CURRY:
What makes you believe it will be?
BRAD PITT:
But we’ll be forced to. We’ll be forced to. And, as you see, we’re reading more and we’re learning more, and more is coming out. I mean, and I think this’ll be a big topic.
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BRAD PITT:
You know, this talk about the money that’s– that’s needed now to make this right. And– I just want to point out, there was $80 billion in damages from Katrina. A hundred and fifty if you count lost revenue. And that could have all been avoided with a little attention to– to the situation here. And this is an important city. It’s important to us culturally.
It’s also an important city to us economically. What remaining oil that– our– 30 percent of our oil is– comes through New Orleans. That we– as we make this shift away from oil, we’re going to rely more and more on.
And there is this responsibility to correct that. And– my– my worry is that it’s just– we’re setting up people here. This doesn’t get attended to, we’re going to set people up here for another disaster, if not a bigger disaster. So I– I see a great responsibility.
ANN CURRY:
You sound like you’re speaking not just to somebody who’s coming from the outside, looking, as you have before last year, I remember talking to you about this. And you’re coming in and you’re looking at it and saying, “This is not right.” It sounds like you’re now speaking as a New Orleans resident.
BRAD PITT:
I know a lot of the people here. I care very much for the area. I met a 60 year old man who– when I first arrived here to look into this. And– he said, “I– I did everything right. I got a job. I bought a home. I raised my kids in that home. They did the same. Now my kids are– well, one kid’s in Atlanta, another one’s in Houston. We’re all split apart and– and we’ve been wiped out.”…
ANN CURRY:
Because of the storm…
BRAD PITT:
…”What do I do? What do I do?” And he’s right. And that’s unacceptable. So any debate on– on should we rebuild, should we not—I’ll take you on.
ANN CURRY:
‘Cause you’re looking at that guy’s face.
BRAD PITT:
That’s right. That’s right.
ANN CURRY:
He deserved better.
BRAD PITT:
That’s right.
*****
ANN CURRY:
I’m going to read you a quote. Brad, last year, you said, “If done properly, we can completely get rid of the idea of an energy bill. It’s not that difficult.”
BRAD PITT:
Yeah, I mean that’s the goal. The idea that we pay utility bills is absolutely unnecessary. And I mean there’s the sun. It’s right there to be harnessed. You feel the breeze that’s been created here. And we got water right out there.
Any one of these can be harnessed. And we can integrate ourselves into that ecosystem. And not only power our houses, but actually produce energy for other parts of the city. So that was the goal here. This particular house is– the family that will live here will save 75 on their– an energy bill. Which is a huge saving for any of us.
But especially dealing with affordable housing. And, it’s something I’m very proud of. I consider it a breakthrough. Also, 50 percent on your water bills.
ANN CURRY:
That’s a big deal to you, why?
BRAD PITT:
It’s a big deal.
ANN CURRY:
Why? Why do you care so much?
BRAD PITT:
Because it’s simple. It’s smart. It’s the way we have to be thinking. There’s a lot of problems in the world right now because of our dependency on oil.
This makes sense. This is the direction we should have been heading in a long time ago.
And so little steps like this– I’m proud of it because it helps create a dialogue. It brings more knowledge and puts in– puts these ideas into practice. There’s a lot of people doing it, and we’re happy to be a part of it.
301 Comments
243 Julie : 08/22/2007 at 12:24 pm
O yeah the never ending “break-up” story, the haters are saying B&A are gona admit about the “break-up” after the Cannes Film Festival, then after Angie’s AMH film promotion, then after they will done promoting Jessie James, then after Angie’s Beuwolf, Brad’s Benjamin Button, now after Oscar since they’re be making films 10, 20 years years from now why don’t you just admit it haters that they’re still be together till they grow old !!
please, oh God dont let this wonderful family break up!
I will go to church tonite and light a candle for the healing of this family unit who have bonded so much!
Everyone PRAY NOW!
God bless the jolie-pitts!
I bet Angie and Brad have a good laugh about all of this and we should too! Purpose is to sell magazines.
245 just saying.. : 08/22/2007 at 12:27 pm
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
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Not always. Sometimes it’s a smoke machine blowing smoke out the ass…just saying…
We are true believers in this fairy tale come true. They are soulmates who have bonded for life. Haters and trolls go away because this family is unbreakable and are totallt commited to each other!!!
GOD BLESS THE JOLIE PITTS
to 244: are you really seriously suggesting that a bunch of people on a gossip site can break up their relationship? That is beyond laughable…does everyone here take this blog that seriously? Angie and Brad don’t even know we exist and probably could care less who says what or who defends them…
Most of the bloggers here purposely initiate conflict for kicks and giggles anyway…little of what is written I can even take seriously…and people apparently are so gullible on here to believe postings that they take the bait and start arguments…seriously, this is a gossip site for people who want to know about celeb news…nothing more than that…
I laugh so much at how ridiculous this page becomes just on Brangelina news alone…this has been going on for 2 years now…come off of it already…are we all going to be here for another 2 years seriously defending people we don’t know and getting so defensive about something as pointless as 2 celebrities?
The God Blessings also are laughable…I’d rather pray for people who need it than waste my prayer on 2 wealthy celebs whose only problem is the inconvenience of paparazzi and film schedules…yeah, they have it so awful right now…they only make millions a year and travel in the most luxurious way fashionable and can afford an entire staff to take care of them…what a hard damn life they must have…
It is all so crazy ridiculous…
#30: big difference between a producer and a performer. If you can’t tell, then no one here can help you. Besides if you didn’t know that a hag refers to a female of the human species, then you need to go back to school.
1) All the celebrity magazines are displayed next to each other, side by side. Have you noticed that customers at the store are always standing there, FLIPPING PAGES of every magazine. Many people just put the mag back on the rack.
2) All we need to have is positive articles and pictures of the happy family appearing in people magazine or us mag to show CONTRADICTION.
3) US mag for the past few weeks has been exposing the lies of intouch and life& style mag. This is good news for the JoliePitt. At least, many consumers have read this “exposure” of lies of intouch.
4) Have you also noticed that in the waiting room, or the library, they only stock people magazine?
5) Have you noticed nobody buy NE or is ashamed to be seen holding a copy of NE? Those who buy are probalby the low income women who is cynical, and they’re low income. They have no impact on anything anyway.
In conclusion There will always be some lowlife mag like intouch who writes LIES. Just let intouch slowly morph into NE. It takes time and we just have to be patient.
If Angelina is not in NOLA, that she is already in NYC getting their new temporary nest ready.
Why anybody would complain about anyone no matter who they may be doing anything to help with the Katrina recovery efforts is beyond my comprehension. I was just there last month, and the devastation is just beyond belief. It goes on for miles and miles and miles. It is mindblowing that this was once a vibrant city that is now just hanging on by threads, trying to restore a semblance of what life there was. Most of the comments seem to be complaints about Brad’s personal life. What does that have to do with Brad’s efforts in NOLA? NOLA needs help and that is what Brad is doing. I thank him for his efforts.
By the way those complaining about green building, it is more expensive intially only because the federal government does not subsidize it like it does fossil fuel industries, but in the long run it is most economical and saves money. Why should only the wealthy be able to benefit from green building. These homes will benefit residents of the Lower 9th Ward, a poor area. No one can live completely green at this time but in the future green building will be a way of life. Brad and Global Green and Home Depot Foundation are forward thinkers, while some here are firmly stuck in the past.
Brad Pitt toured an environmentally friendly home being built in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward on Tuesday.
The home, one of five that Global Green is building in the Holy Cross neighborhood, is based on the winning design in a competition Pitt launched a year ago to help the area recover from Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/13943816/detail.html
Brad Pitt toured an environmentally friendly home being built in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward on Tuesday.
The home, one of five that Global Green is building in the Holy Cross neighborhood, is based on the winning design in a competition Pitt launched a year ago to help the area recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Wearing khaki pants, a T-shirt and hardhat, Pitt walked through the partially constructed home, pointing out its many “green” features, including blue walls treated with a non-toxic repellant for mold and termites.
Standing in what will be the living room, Pitt noted the light and ventilation in the home. He said a lot of thought has gone into the project.
“We knew we couldn’t bring back the families and friends that were lost, bring back the heirlooms, the pictures. But maybe in the process of rebuilding, we could build something smarter — we could create a better way of life for the people who live there,” Pitt said.
The design, by Matthew Berman and Andrew Kotchen of Workshop APD in New York, includes energy-saving appliances, a cistern, toilets designed for water conservation, soy-based insulation, paperless drywall, solar panels and a roof on the second-story deck designed to help insulate the house and channel water to the cistern.
The house is also designed to relieve some of the burden of bills for low-income families. Pitt said electric bills will be cut by 75 percent; water use, by half.
“I understand the stats, and I understand the technology in what we were after. But I feel something much more different and much more personal when I walk through it, and that is: I feel the family that’s going to live there. And I understand that from a father’s perspective. And he’s going to know that his kids are living in a healthy environment,” Pitt said.
Developers broke ground on the home in May and should be finished in the next month or two.
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Some notes from the TV newswoman (from video)
The bluewood may look strange, but it helps repel mold, fungus and termites. Inside a soy based foam is used for insulation. Summer breezes are maximized thanks to a cross ventilation system that makes the most of strategically placed windows.
243 Julie : 08/22/2007 at 12:24 pm ,And how do you know this?Oh let me guess, tabloids or a gossip site.(roll eyes)
Co-star Common (of the movie wanted) talked about Angie and Brad while they were in Chicago. Also please watch the video of Common who talked
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1567194/20070815/story.jhtml
Between all those takes of “Matrix”-like gunplay, Common reported that he and Jolie became good friends and that she’s nothing like the tabloids would have us believe. “Angelina was the best — I’ve gotta tell you,” he said, flashing a grin. “She was, like, one of the coolest people I’ve ever met. I felt like the way she was encouraging me was just really warm and cool, and she brought the family around. I got to meet Brad — everybody was cool, just down-to-earth people there.
“It’s good to meet somebody who’s such a big superstar who’s just so cool,” he added, “and really there for a cause.”
hope : 08/01/2007 at 8:22 pm
When the rumors of Brad and Jen having problems started they weren’t spending time together even though their rep kept insisting they are happy, they go months without seeing each other.
Brad and Angie are almost always together, they don’t have to be if they can’t stand each other. If it is about the kids then they can always limit their get together to the kids. They go out of town together without their kids, they take bike rides together and they hang out with their kids together.
The truth is in the pudding. All the tabs with their inside sources never knows where they are going to be unless Brad or Angie says something, they don’t even know where they are right now and they want us to believe they knew what’s going on in their house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv5vr-4eMdM
Good people , good work
This is from a broadcast from a foreign country, in English. Please enjoy
Some pointers for the fans
1) Sharks Tale , starring Angie, released October 2004 grossed 161M in the US. Well, some of you will say Will Smith is the main character. Then, the same reasoning should apply when haters quoted the Good Shepherd.
2) http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020155/bio
Damon’s career hit a brief but worrisome slump with the release of three creative and box-office duds in a row: director Robert Redford’s lethargic “The Legend of Bagger Vance” (2000) with Damon as a washed up golf pro opposite wise caddy Will Smith; “All the Pretty Horses” (2001), director Billy Bob Thornton’s failed adaptation of novelist Cormac McCarthy’s Western; and a small supporting turn in Van Sant’s by-the-numbers “Finding Forrester” (2000). The actor recaptured his A-list cachet when he joined the all-star cast of Steven Soderbergh’s remake of “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001), playing pickpocket and aspiring big-time thief Linus Caldwell in the popular hit–he would return to the role for the sequel “Ocean’s Twelve” (2004).
3) Movie execs know NO one can have box office in every movie What movie execs are looking for is TALENT , work ethics, clout, etc. Movie execs also wants to see the actor/actress is actively, working hard to promote the movie. That’s why we see Angie working hard on the premier etc. With that done, now the industry knows Angie can go to Africa on her humanitarian projects. But when it’s time to promote her movies, she dressed up and deligently did more than her fair share. This is the most important thing.
4) If you read point #2, he had 3 box duds, look at his come back !!!!
5) What is on Angie’s side is that she is still young, in her very very early 30.
6) She does have TALENT. This is the most important gift. You either have it or you dont. NO one can take your TALENT away. Unlike Aniston, Aniston has no range in acting. That’s why she has NOT had any offer for more than 2 1/2 years. Note, all her offers were prior to the end of 2004.
As a fan, of course I would like them not be on the tabloids, and not have so many people exploiting and write lies about them. But this is life. In life, nothing is perfect. You learn to deal with all these.
I am so happy that Angie has Brad by her side. Brad is a smart man. I am sure they figure out a way to tune all these noises out. They may be a bit inconvenienced. But they will find ways. I NEVER believe in the doom and gloom picture which haters painted.
If you have ever worked in the management level, you will know everyday is just solving problems, analysing, and making decisions . That’s why we’re paid and paid well. Brad and Angie are doing just that.
I remember in the movie MAMS, one of the conversation was, (John Smith) Brad said, in similar words, we’ll fight together, and not run away from them. That was the scene when they were lying on a sewer “crate” when both sides of their “employers” were chasing and plotting against them.
As for the movies, people watch a movie if it is interesting. Think about it, when the TBU was showing in theatres, your employer Aniston was on the height of the tabloid, yet it grossed far less than MAMS. Why? That is because TBU was boring, lack chemistry between VV and Aniston.
Therefore, get it into your head, Sam, people watch movies for entertaining reason, for a good laugh, for an interesting stories. Therefore, being on the tabloids may do some harm, but NOT enough to kill anything. In life, some or “imperfection” is okay, because life is NEVER .perfect.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are heading for the Hamptons but it’s not for a weekend of fun in the sun. The couple are hosting a dinner of about 50 people this Saturday night to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
According to an Usmagazine.com source, the expectation is that the guests will make an extremely large financial commitment to the project.
The dinner will take place at the home of producer Jane Rosenthal and her husband Craig Hatkoff.
Jolie, 32, and Rosenthal are friendly from working together on The Good Shepherd, which Rosenthal produced. Jolie also premiered her documentary, A Place in Time, at the Tribeca Film Festival, which Rosenthal helped co-found with Robert De Niro.
The couple is said to be traveling in and out by helicopter and not staying the weekend.
The invitation reads:
Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina, residents of the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans are still struggling to rebuild. Brad Pitt started the “Make it Right” project after he visited the devastated area. He hopes to preserve the unique culture and spirit of the Ninth Ward by rebuilding a neighborhood inspired by safe and sustainable “green” homes in one of the hardest hit communities in Louisiana.
Pitt, 43, recently sat down with the Today show’s Ann Curry to discuss his involvement with the Global Green USA project, which is building zero energy, affordable housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The interview airs in two parts on Wednesday and Thursday.
BRAD AND ANGIE ARE THE COUPLE THAT KEEPS GIVING-A TRUE COUPLE IN LOVE.
I WONDER WHOSE ON THE GUEST LIST?
To Mary (how does your garden grow)?
Of course Brad and Angie’s loving fans have to take this blog seriously. You see, you also reacted like us. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be putting your little 2 cents here. You just didn’t sit there and let your annoyance dissipate. Mary, you are being quite contrary to yourself. :-) If someone dishes lies about you and your loved ones, will you just sit there and take it? We are avid fans of the Jolie Pitts. Otherwise we wouldn’t be wasting our precious time here. The fans know what you are saying. Hello!!! But it doesn’t matter to us cause we love this family. So, keep your unearthly comments to yourself.
Talking about the God Blessings? Where have you been, Mary? Brad and Angelina are 2 charitable people that have been and are sharing much of their time and blessings to help the needy. Amen.
Remember when he and Angie first got together? Haters were saying that he was going to turn into a “humanitarian”. This is said as if describing the worst form of humanity, murderer, rapist, war crime criminals. They would have preferred he continued shopping and tanning. Now is helping to rebuild New Orleans. This is humanitarianism to the ninth degree. Two of the most beautiful people in the world not content to sit and just be beautiful. If this doesn’t make the haters heads snap, crackle and pop nothing will.
I know everyone has noticed, Brad has become so confident. He speaks with such authority and passion. He doesn’t walk, he strides. He seems so manly, without seeming macho. He totally seems to be happy he has a family and especially children. The man has evolved into something special. If I were GP or X I would feel terrible. To think he had all of this in him and they couldn’t, didn’t reconize it. The so called good girls didn’t reconize what they had. But the so called dark and bad girl did. Hurrah for so called bad girls. I don’t idolize Brad and Angie. But I do respect, and appreciate, all that they do. They are the real deal. And the world is better because of them. Peace
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don’t let Just Jared become a place of hate. The trolls are winning.
Poor box of rocks. Speech classes would do him good
Let’s all contact Bravo TV:
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Click on Contact Us and send them an email requesting that Brad Pitt be on the “Inside the Actor’s Studio” tv show (I’ve already sent my message)
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