OlderAngelina Jolie: Brad Makes Me A Better Woman
Angelina Jolie reveals in the new issue of W Magazine that she had only planned on adopting children but after falling in love with Brad Pitt, he changed her mind.
Here are some quotes from the mag via People:
On Brad changing her mind about giving birth to her own children: “I think one of the life changing things that he did, one of many, is that I was absolutely never going to get pregnant. I never felt that it was the right thing to do… I suppose I just looked at him and loved him and just felt open to (getting pregnant). I suddenly wanted to. It’s one of those things you can’t explain.”
On Brad seeing adopted children Maddox and Zahara: “I knew that he would never see them as different, and that gave me a certain peace.”
On having three children with Brad: “I wouldn’t trade that experience for the world. It taught me a lot about life, just the process of it, and now we have three other beautiful children that wouldn’t otherwise be here.”
On baring her body for the intimate W pics taken by Brad just weeks after the twins’ birth: “I’m with a man who’s evolved enough to look at my body and see it as more beautiful, because of the journey it has taken and what it has created. He genuinely sees it that way. So I genuinely feel even sexier.”
On Brad being perfect for her: “[I have] a lot of respect [for Brad. He helps me] to be better and fight hard for the things that I love. I do think that I’m in a good partnership now. I think it just needed to be the right man.”
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trés jolie @ 10/10/2008 at 11:28 am
Only SHE is talking about that relationsship.
He is not smart…but Pitt could say some nice words.
Or is he even not able to do THAT smple thing??????
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Maybe she’s the only one talking because it is HER INTERVIEW? Sheesh, is that so hard to understand? Brad’s purpose here is to take her photos, NOT BE INTERVIEWED. I guess your hatred for Angelina’s partner, great love and father of her SIX children is so great that you just have to slam him everytime.
And not being smart? He’s got his millions, his successful production company, he makes truckloads of money off of commercials, architectural endeavors (Dubai), designs (Damani jewelry — sp??) ….. wish I was “not smart” like Brad is. And what about “smart” you? Just a an anonymous blogger on the internet ……
Brad Pitt is a genius and a real artist. Angelina looks so beautiful and so happy.
trés jolie @ 10/10/2008 at 11:28 am
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You idiot, go scream at ocean. I enjoy your misery.
trés jolie @ 10/10/2008 at 11:28 am
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Brad Pitt definitely is smarter than you. :lol:
Grace @ 10/10/2008 at 2:48 am I liked Brad with jennifer a lot better. But i do like brad with the kids he looks happy with them
Sorry but Brad loves Angie a lot better than your idol.
# 224 Leo @ 10/10/2008 at 9:36 am She didn’t make out with her brother. I don’t care how many videotapes you have. She kissed her brother on the lips, that’s it. The only reason people in the gossip world make it out to be something outrageous or bizarre is because they hate Angelina.
I have seen Will Smith kiss his son on the lips multiple times on TV, is he trashy and bizarre. NO. You like Will so Will gets a pass. And frankly the first time I saw him doing that I thought it was bizarre, but since I don’t really care what Will does, it didn’t bother me.
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I am of European descent and it was really common in my family to kiss each other on the lips. we never thought anything of it.
The interview melts my heart. Brad is the man for Angelina. He makes her so happy, content and peaceful.
Brads hanging Jowls @ 10/10/2008 at 4:13 am
Brad wants to be a photographer now. Are his giant Jowels becoming too hard to capture on film? he is not an artist. Billy Bob is a true Artist and Angelina knows it.
she worshipped all of the men in her life at one point or another even Jon Voight. She would go on and on about how great BBT and JLM and Jenny shitzu were too. Worship the man and then it ends faster than it began
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Finally someone posts the truth. She was crazy in worshhippy love in ALL of her relationships. I don’t know if any of these Brangelina fans have ever read her old interviews when she was in other relationships because they think what she says is sooo special. :lol: who are these people? I bet brad’s ego is huge with the way Angelina loves her men but does he know this is just the way she is in relationships? hha
Angelina, Brad: Hard-to-find quiet time
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20081011-165802/Angelina-Brad-Hard-to-find-quiet-time
By Ruben V. Nepales
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:24:00 10/11/2008
LOS ANGELES, California—We continue sharing excerpts of our latest press con with Angelina Jolie, who was gracious
and candid, as usual:
The actress is compelling in Clint Eastwood’s “The Changeling,” which is based on a true story of how a woman, Christine Collins, dealt with a kidnapped son and challenged a corrupt Los Angeles police department in 1928 Los Angeles.
Angelina, who tends to refer to Brad simply as “he,” talked about the challenge of finding quiet moments with him in the face of the couple’s having a brood of six, among other topics. At the interview held recently in New York, the beautiful, fulfilled mother updated us about her kids, some of whom she mentioned by their nicknames: Mad (Maddox), Pax, Zee Zee (Zahara), Shiloh, Knox and Viv (Vivienne).
Now that you and Brad have six kids, how do you and Brad find the time for just the two of you?
It’s been the hardest thing to find—some time alone. Because even if we lock our door, they (the kids) knock. We often try to go to the bath together at the end of the night, where we sit and talk. They hear the water and want to jump in, so yeah, everybody ends up being there. But. it’s fun and lovely.
Twins
Tell us more about the twins.
Knox and Viv are the sweetest little things—to see them together is just something else. They lie down next to each other a lot. They respond to each other—more so now. They’re starting to smile a lot. It’s funny that Knox looks like Brad and Viv looks a bit like me. They’re good babies. We’re very lucky. The trick in having six is, once you pass three or four, it gets so crazy, anyway, that there’s just more chaos—and it’s okay.
So, you’re not done yet?
No.
Do the twins have sleeping patterns now, so you get to have a sleeping routine yourself? Are they developing distinct personalities?
They are pretty much on schedule. They’re a little jet-lagged right now, but they pretty much eat every three hours. That’s why I have breaks in my day (laughing). They are developing distinct personalities, but it’s so hard to know early on. Knox is very chill. He likes music. He’s very relaxed. Viv’s more aggressive and loud. But, they are very sweet. There’s that great thing where you wonder, how it almost seemed lonely for one because you got them together. They always have each other. They can look at each other. They put their hands on each other. It’s just beautiful!
How closely did you identify with your role in “The Changeling,” especially since you’ve experienced being the subject of character assassination yourself?
What she was dealing with was so different. Would I have survived 1928? Because a woman’s place then was so different. To be aggressive, she still had to be very careful and walk a very fine line. She had to be very feminine and apologetic. I don’t know how good I would have been at finding the balance if something happened to my kid.
People have called me a liar or bad. Fortunately, I was raised by a mom who loved me so much and made me comfortable with myself. I’m not a liar. I know I’m a decent person. I can go to bed at night knowing that I’m all right no matter what anybody says about me.
How emotionally painful was it for you to do those scenes where your character was thrown in a mental hospital?
Clint is such a wonderful director. He helped me get through this so nicely. Any time spent being confined is a horrible thing. Because this film is based on a real story, in scenes like those, you reflect on the fact that this really happened to somebody. When I would do that, often I would catch myself and think, “God, this woman lost her kid.” She was trying to deal with a system that was so against her. They put her in this place where she was questioned. My God, that must have been such a nightmare! This woman, Christine Collins, is a hero of mine. She’s an amazing woman and mom. I was so honored to play her.
How do you deal with fabrications printed in some publications?
Somebody told me I was depressed. My life is being with my family. My family is so real, close and happy. I wake up, and I want to make sure everybody’s healthy. I don’t care about anything else. You’ve also known me for a long time. It has been years of people saying things about me, so I do tend to ignore it.
Most people know that most things are completely made up. But, we are worried about the kids getting a hold of the Internet and seeing some stories. It’s hard to explain—and it makes no sense to explain! There’s no good reason for it. We’ll see. I’ll tell you how it goes if I do.
How do you stay gracious and centered?
I had a great mom who had a grace about her that I’ve tried to study and learn from. She was the kind of person who loved being a mom. I don’t wish for anything other than that. My kids are first. They bring me so much joy and peace. I can have the worst day in the world and you
How do you stay gracious and centered?
I had a great mom who had a grace about her that I’ve tried to study and learn from. She was the kind of person who loved being a mom. I don’t wish for anything other than that. My kids are first. They bring me so much joy and peace. I can have the worst day in the world and you can say horrible things about me, but I’ll go home and my little kids think I’m great. They love me, and they come to me when they get hurt. I feel like the most important person in the world—and I’ve got that! Anybody who has love in their life has that.
What do you tell your children about the photographers hounding them all the time?
We usually say that mommy and daddy make movies—that there’s nothing special or different about us. It’s just the fact that we happen to make movies, so people take pictures. It’s one of those things that you can’t really explain. Zahara hates photography. It makes her very nervous when she’s in the car. A lot of people say to us that she looks very serious. It’s because she’s actually upset when there’s a camera near her. She doesn’t like it. Shiloh tends to wave (laughter).
But, it scares them sometimes. We don’t want them in situations where they’re in a park and they’re going to get too many people around them. I wish there was a law that restricts the proximity that a photographer can have to the children. You have a long enough lens. I don’t understand why they can get this close to a kid’s face in a stroller. It doesn’t make sense to me, because I think it’s psychologically damaging for the children! But, that’s another fight.
How do you establish a sense of home for the children when you go to a new place?
They have special things they take with them. The trick with us is, we do have places that we consider home. We have most of our stuff, our books there. We tell them that this is home. We always come back to this. But, they’re really great travelers. We travel so much, and we’re such a big family that they immediately take over an empty room and it’s their home. They fill it up with certain things that we know they love. We try to have those there, but we also don’t want to buy a bunch of new things every time we go to a place. They bring a bag which they’ve packed with whatever they choose to bring to the next place. We have a lot of the same storybooks and things like that.
Mad has a lot of little army men and military planes. Pax has rope and little stuffed monkeys. Zee Zee has a blanket that was once pink, but is now the dirtiest shade of brown you can imagine. Shiloh has little silkies. They’re like these square things with silk on them that she has to have. Knox and Viv don’t have their things yet, but I’m sure you’ll hear about it when they do.
What do you do with all the airline mileage points that you earn with your frequent travels?
I donate them. There are different organizations like The Jane Goodall Institute that you can donate your miles to.
Brad donated money to help fight Proposition 8 in California’s November ballot that would overturn that state’s Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage. Your thoughts?
We talked about it. I supported it. That was his. One night, he said he wanted to do it. That was his initiative. I think it’s wonderful, so I’m very proud of him!
Brad said sometime ago that you will get married when restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped. If Proposition 8 is defeated, wouldn’t that put you on the spot and you would have to get married?
Ask Brad (laughter).
Does moving to France have something to do with going back to your mother’s French roots? What do you consider as your roots, considering you’re a citizen of the world?
My mother (the late Marcheline Bertrand) always loved France. She always wanted my children to speak French. When I decided to have babies, the first children without her, being in France was comforting. And there was something about it that I knew she would have loved.
Roots
But, I don’t feel I have roots. I’m also American-Indian. I’m also Czechoslovakian. I believe Jon (Voight, her father) is German-Czech, so I’m a mix of many things—like most Americans. I feel I have roots all over the place, and certainly, so do my children. I don’t have one place that I’m looking for, or that I feel closer to.
Are you planning to return to work?
I’m looking at something at the end of February, but there was a big discussion in the house—should I go back to work at all? It would have been over a year since I last worked. But, he was just wonderfully supportive and said, “We’re here, and we’re great. The babies will be sitting up and hanging out in your trailer. It’s going to be all right. The kids are at school, and they will come visit.” We’re trying to balance it all.
# 186 megan @ 10/10/2008 at 7:36 am yeah right….she got knocked up to make Brad stay with her in the first place
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Oh good lord, you silly little twit. Getting knocked up won’t make a guy stay with you. If a guy wants to go, he is gone. As your fugly idol knows all too well. She can’t get anyone to stay with her.
truth @ 10/10/2008 at 12:50 pm
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Trying to find something to hold on to… to give some hope… you are pathetic. Poor things…
Sorry to put and end to you’re hopes, but a long time fan of Angelina i can tell you that:
1) Yes, she spoke of the love she had for them , but not that they help “to be better and fight hard for the things that I love “ for instance. That was the kind of man she was looking for. She said it after her divorce from BBT.
2) At the time Angelina was with those people she was in her 19 and her 20’s and going to some trouble times and trying to find her way. She’s now 33years old and she has find her way long ago, before she even meet Brad.
3) She never wanted to have children with her ex’s, she wanted with Brad and any Angelina fan knows, that’s it’s huge.
3) She was never totally committed in the relationships she had before, she never bought a house or a car with her ex’s. She did with Brad.
And i could go on…
Only someone that is not a fan of Angelina doesn’t see how different and important her relationship with Brad is.
# 240 Original jpf @ 10/10/2008 at 10:59 am I know it will fall on deaf ears, but will this absurd idea finally die that Jennifer Aniston would somehow have been living the life that Angelina is had she and Brad stayed together. It’s insulting all the way around. Brad and Angelina’s life and relationship is different than what he and Jennifer and he had or would have had, and that isn’t suggesting it would have not been a happy one under different circumstances. They chose not to remain married, and he chose to pursue life with Angelina, and THEY’VE chosen a life unique to their shared ideals and viewpoints, and this notion that Angelina usurped what would have been an identical existence for Jen/Brad/children is goofy.
I know keeping JA in the JP mix is lifeblood to some of you but damn, doesn’t ever occur to you that Brad & Angelina AND Jennifer probably DO go a whole day without mentioning what doesn’t rate anymore? They’ve moved on and I’m just not understanding why some of you can’t especially when there’s nothing keeping it going but you some of you (both sides of the aisle).
Whatev……….great snippet and can’t wait for the whole shabang
jpf
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I agree with everything but the ‘ja’ has moved on part. I’ve been saying for eons, how ridiculous it is and yes, I agree - insulting for Brad & Angelina to infer that Aniston could have had essential ‘what Angelina has,’ if only SHE had made different choices. It irks me no end, it really turns my stomach when I hear it from fans or so-called fans. It implies the two relationships are similar (which is laughable, as she was a rebound buddy hookup), and in my opinion it demeans Brad and Angie. I always ask myself, are these fans talking?? As I say all the time in rebuttal to these off the cuff un-thinking assertions: she (aniston) did NOT have a choice. It was Brad’s decision to end it, it was Brad’s decision to not have children with her (as she and her friends attest). I realize for some who aren’t thinking straight, it’s another knife they think they’re turning, and a way to say to maniston, ‘look what you could have had.’ A way to burn her. But they seem to not realize, that this is a disgusting insult to B&A - who knew they were destined to be parents together because of how RIGHT it felt with each other, and how in love they were - NOT because they knew it was something expected to happen in their lives.
Lastly, Maniston will never be ‘over’ the JPs, she and Huvane coordinate her life and career to them, and it’s clear there is still acrimony, and it’s more than clear that that’s the way she (and Huvane) wants it, because interest can’t be garnered any other way. Who is she, if not the x who still harbors anger, sadness and resentment toward Brad for what he purportedly did.
The day she publicly says she wishes B&A best of luck and a good life (craft however you like), that’s when you know it will be over.
Look at Nicole Kidman, she actually has said re Tom and Katie, that their love is more ‘profound,’ than what she had with Tom, of course she said her love with Keith Urban was more profound first, as well. But that’s when I knew - okay, she’s COMPLETELY let go of TC. Not that she wasn’t anything but dignified over their split anyway, but that sealed the deal.
I wonder how Angie feels about Jen now after all these years?
I see some posters need some cheese with their whine.
jeez is nothing sacred with these two freaks, private personal photos should stay that way.she just craves attention all the time the psycho nut job.and who believes all this ‘i am so happy with my family and that is all i need crap’,she needs media attention 24 hours a day,she is a media ***** and he is so dumb,such a low i.q that is why she can manipulate this chump so easily,she couldn’t with bbt or jlm.and you fcuktards who really believe she is au natural and earth mother bs, she has had nose jobs, botox ,tummy tuck,lip filler and cheek implants so don’t try to make out she isn’t as vain as ja because she is,just because she doesn’t sunbathe, why she prefers the morticia look,stu pitt is uncle fester and this is the adams family,FREAKS
that’s why i hate those thrashy tabloids…and never believed any made-up stories they printed out on their stinking thrashy tabloids mags..all these stupid editors have done to Brangelina is making lies…lies…and more lies just to sell their stupid thrash magazines.. so i only believe words that are coming out from Brad and Angelina..
GO BRANGELINA….The most beautiful and sexiest couple on the planet…and powerful too !!!
Sheesh bottomfeeder Brit, angry much? Chill before you have a heart attack!
oh please shut this fcuktard up already,go away,concentrate on your ‘family’ stay out of the limelight,stay in berlin or paris anything! just stay away QUIETLY.
topbrit @ 10/10/2008 at 1:31 pm
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I love that these beautiful pictures are killing you jenhens. LOL.
Can’t wait for the magazine to come out also!!!!! They are just right for each other!!!!!!!! Love them together!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#270
and i love that my comment are killing you psycholoonies
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH…..I didn’t know we have this new thread, Jared you are snicky!!!!, new thread with old picture?…hahahaha…
Thank you ladies for the wonderful articles and links, I can’t wait to get my Parade this week-end and also W magazine next week.
Love love love……….ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, * snappp* I have to help my aunt closing the beach house this week-end, with all the screaming at the ocean?…..where is my ipod.
PT- ROTFLMAO, thank you for your tabs report, Star got the DUD Award this week!!!!!!!!.
juju @ 10/10/2008 at 1:20 pm
truth @ 10/10/2008 at 12:50 pm
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:lol: :lol:
Trying to find something to hold on to… to give some hope… you are pathetic. Poor things…
Sorry to put and end to you’re hopes, but a long time fan of Angelina i can tell you that:
1) Yes, she spoke of the love she had for them , but not that they help “to be better and fight hard for the things that I love “ for instance. That was the kind of man she was looking for. She said it after her divorce from BBT.
2) At the time Angelina was with those people she was in her 19 and her 20’s and going to some trouble times and trying to find her way. She’s now 33years old and she has find her way long ago, before she even meet Brad.
3) She never wanted to have children with her ex’s, she wanted with Brad and any Angelina fan knows, that’s it’s huge.
3) She was never totally committed in the relationships she had before, she never bought a house or a car with her ex’s. She did with Brad.
And i could go on…
Only someone that is not a fan of Angelina doesn’t see how different and important her relationship with Brad is.
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I second this.
Thank you Angelina good to hear about you and your family.WE will support you forever
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