OlderBrad Pitt: Being With Angelina Jolie is a Natural Direction
Brad Pitt reveals just how much portraying the backwards-aging title character in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has colored his perspective on his varied life. Sitting down with the L.A. Times, Brad shares new insights:
On age versus youth: “Once you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all… I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.”
On finding real love: “It’s a tragedy in the sense that any love involves loss, and that’s the risk you take. And the greater the love, the greater the loss. I certainly feel that now with the woman I’m with, and the children that I have. But whatever the course may be, this time together is extraordinary.”
On how being with Angelina Jolie changed his life: “I had a whole other life and I got to experience a lot. And I probably got away with more than I should. And it kind of ran its course, you know, it kind of hit a dead end. [Fatherhood is] the direction I always thought I would go in. But not until, with Angie and it felt like a natural evolution, a natural direction.”
On his work as an actor: “I don’t have to grope as much for the character… I can get there quicker, so it’s not as much trial and error. Also, as I get older, more experiences, I’m more fine-tuned in what I’m after, what I think speaks in the piece. And lastly I want to hurry and get home to my kids.”
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hmmm, very telling words. I predict a break with Angie in the very near future. Mark my words. Why else would he even mention “no matter what happens….”
Sounds to me like he’s warning us.
Can’t say I thought it would last much longer anyhow.
Brad loves being a father, period. And he’ll always be one now. Woman come and go for him.
and more about how not so golden couple he and her were and I love it. Jen has been allowed to set the tone and now finally, Brad is telling his side.
I brought this over from the other thread.
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# 129 TCCBB is a BIG hit! @ 12/26/2008 at 8:01 am This to me represents probably Jen and Brads marriage very well. He does the hard work and the quality work to make something successful, and she slides by with the cute stuff.
She is worth over $100 mil dollars she mostly earned from playing Rachel Green on Friends. She has basically done nothing but contuue to play that one character over and over.
Brad has stretched out to produce. He challenged his acting over and over with different characters. He never plays it safe for the money, and he IS the main character instead of the support (unlike in his marriage. remember how Jen forgot to thank him when she won award? when he was probaby her biggest support system)
I know he will be rememberd for this role long after (I really believe he will win the Oscar this season even if he does not care if he does or not) and no matter if M&M makes more money, Brad is the one who earned and won the ultimate prize. His freedom from the mediocre, and industry respect.
People are going to M&M for the dog. Anyone could have played OH! guess what? Jennifer (yeah, the character Jennifer plays is named Jennifer). People seeing TCCBB are their for Brads wonderful marvelous and amazing acting in a damn great tale.
Again Jennifer gets something for doing little, but even if she won the battle, Brad will win the war.
hhhhhmmmmmm…..he is just soooooooooo…inlove with his babies momma.hehehehe
Daisy @ 12/26/2008 at 10:48 am
Jillian @ 12/26/2008 at 10:56 am
lizzie @ 12/26/2008 at 10:56 am
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NEXT DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good son… you spoke perspicaciously from your heart. Your life is now. Your fortune is here: to love & be loved by your beloved Angie & kids. They are your substance & essence of being! Be true BP!
To: Ms.JOLIE4ever!
Do you just go around spreading spam on all the blogs? You honestly have nothing better to do? Sad…
Brad and Angelina make a beautiful couple. I hope in 2009 Maniston learns that discretion is the better part of valor. No one is interested in her anger.
go brad
Daisy @ 12/26/2008 at 10:48 am
Jillian @ 12/26/2008 at 10:56 am
lizzie @ 12/26/2008 at 10:56 am
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NEXT DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bs and you know it 2 @ 12/26/2008 at 11:04 am
anon @ 12/26/2008 at 11:07 am
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another fake name COWARD
Damn, the truth DOES hurt I guess. Stop acting like you know Cate ‘B’s (that’s Cate with a C not a K btw) reasons because ya don’t Face it, Jennifer was his biggest mistake and waste of time and finally he’s saying it.
Get ready to get even madder cause he just got started and I love it
Oh… these haters are really blind. .. please why don’t you review the videos for 100th times…
Brad has finally found the great love of his life.
anon @ 12/26/2008 at 11:07 am
In the contrary, This is what I perceived:
Brad is very much in love with Angie and the family to the extend that he is so scared of losing them in one day. If he is not scared, this will not come to his mind. To easy make you understand, for example, you are a car lover, you just bought a car of your life, you will protect that car as much as you can, because you are afraid some accident will happen and you will lose or damage the car. If you bought a second hand car that it does not matter to you, will you have the same thought, you will say, no matter what, so be it, it is so cheap anyway, I’ll get another one. See, Angie and the kids are Brad’s LIFE. if something happens, I could not imagine his state of mind or ……I can guarantee, he will be devastated.
Thanks jj for the new thread. Great interview. Brad is so happy with his life. He loves Angie and their kids very much. I am so glad TCCOBB did very well on Christmas day. If you haven’t seen the movie, please go see it. It is so amazing.
peace all
Don’t be mad because Brad is letting the world know that life with the HAG became a DEAD END and HE DID NOT want to have kids with her. She was NOT mother material in his mind.
love brad pitt!
BOR-ING!
love papa pitt
He hit a dead end and [Fatherhood is] the direction I always thought I would go in. But not until, with Angie and it felt like a natural evolution, a natural direction.”
this is a lot worse than anything Angie Jolie has said. OKAY? of course this will not be twisted and used against him the way Angie’s words are used against her. Argh!
He hit a dead end and he didn’t want kids until Angie? he’s either a liar or just a jerk… he could be both… I remember youtube video of this fool crying about children on TV talking about it’s time for rugrats. Whaaaaaat? now he says this.
Angie’s reply pertaining to awards issue:
There is already Oscar buzz surrounding your performance (in Changeling). Would it mean as much to win a second time - especially since you lost your first Oscar?
“Hah! I didn’t actually lose it. I gave it to my mom and she was one of those people that didn’t put things up that she thought were too special, so I don’t know where she put it. She put it away somewhere and we haven’t gone through all her stuff so nobody knows where it is at the moment. Anything that acknowledges a film that you’re proud of and that you worked hard on means a great deal to all the people who worked on it. But at the same time, even if it’s not acknowledged, you’re just as proud and you still worked just as hard.”
Gwyneth broke up with him. He thought that was the love of his life. He settled for Jen, and then the real deal named Angelina showed up and you know, YOU KNOW he’s loving her more than he EVAH thought he loved another woman. Aah, such a love story.
Brad’s precious ….
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=3FCZL0ORwrs&feature=channel_page&fmt=18
I watched CCoB yesterday. I could not sneak into a different show…I was forced to watch. Brad. UGH! THE HORROR of his mediocre-ness . MY eyes. My eyes. The special effects did make him look better… I think they should use that in all of his movies to erase his bad skin ! The movie was good but not GREAT. The acting was decent , nothing special or earth shattering. I noticed most of the audience = fat sensitive woman… His fan base. I watched Tom’s new movie and that was better than anyone expected.
Tom and Brad are on the same cheese level as far as their acting goes.
QQQQ @ 12/26/2008 at 11:29 am
Don’t be mad because Brad is letting the world know that life with the HAG became a DEAD END and HE DID NOT want to have kids with her. She was NOT mother material in his mind.
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I love that slap in X face. She thought, that she can say, about Brad’s great love, anything she wants, and remains unpunished. But what i more like, that how he’s doing this, not even mention X name, never stooped to X level. Brilliant!
Brad is telling the world Angie is his great love.
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