OlderAngelina Jolie: Refugees Give Me New Appreciation For Life
Angelina Jolie appreciates life a whole lot more now thanks to the world’s refugees. Here’s what the 34-year-old actress told Today Show’s Ann Curry:
On her childhood being much different if she’d grown up knowing what she has learned as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador: “I think it would have got me through my youth easier. I would have been less self-destructive… You see people that have suffered things that you will never, ever know. And you know how lucky you are.”
On making sure her children grow up knowing refugee children: “I want them to see it as an area where they can go down the street and play football with those kids and get to know them, and as they grow up seem them as those friends they spent time with. Hopefully I can raise them with a more accurate view of the world than I was raised with, maybe they’ll naturally be better people. And I’m sure my children will be visiting and learning from refugees in the future.”
On agreeing with Brad Pitt that this is one of the happiest times of her life: “I am extememly happy in my life. My children are healthy and it’s one of the most extraordinary times in my life and I’m able to do good things and good work.”
On being the “next Audrey Hepburn”: “I’m lucky to be in this. And I’m sure Audrey Hepburn felt the same. That she was the fortunate one to be able to meet all those kids around the world. You know, we’re just in a very fortunate situation that we get to be able to give a voice to these extraordinary people.”
On having birthday celebrations year-round: “I do have the twins, and I just had Shi in May. We have so many kids that we just have year-round birthdays. It’s a lot of fun now ’cause the older kids are old enough to help plan the birthdays for the younger kids. So it’s one of the great pleasures of life, the birthdays.” (This quote was actually from her speech at the National Geographic Society.)
Watch Angie’s interview on The Today Show below!
Angelina Jolie - “The Today Show”, 6/19
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@Rhonda:
The people who are doing the “good works” are the very people you mock and ridicule.
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Show me one post from a fan of Angelina that mocked these people. We mock Aniston and her t shirt selling help . So prove your post or shut up.
While others are busy making self-depicrating jokes about pathetic love life, a wonderful woman like Angie is helping the world be a better place - and looking great doing it! Kudos Angie!
Hens are really reaching today. Too bad they cannot be happy for another fake PR romance go around. Instead of whining about what others are doing, big or small, the fact is, they are doing something.
love this woman!!! she is admirable and beautiful
she is my hero!!
kim @ 06/19/2009 at 6:06 pm
@Rhonda: I missed something. Who has mocked pastors, doctors , nurses missionaries,etc for serving others. on this site?
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Dont worry about it, Kim. Rhonda is bent over backward, looking up her azz and sniffing the things she finds there. And its blown her mind.
“I think it would have got me through my youth easier. I would have been less self-destructive…
- this is what i love about her. she is very open and honest of her past. you can see from her statement how she owns up to her mistakes and you can see how much she has matured over the last few years. she is definitely a changed woman now and has changed for the better.
@Kay: That’s why she wants her kids to get to know “refugees” so they can see that they are more similar than different,they like to play football, laugh etc. Obviously right now the refugees are homeless due to war or famine but at their core the people are the same. Its no different than my volunteering at a soup kitchen and spending time getting to know the clients and realizing they are just like me. The only difference is right now they are going through a difficult time but hopefully its temporary. Spending time and helping others helps make people more emphatic imo.
nousnous commentor and other haters of angie go f… yourself as you make a fool of yourself with your comments no negative you all must have full filling lives NOT
LOVE ANGIE WITH THE GOOD SHE DOES, HOW MANY OTHER CELEBS DO WHAT SHE DOES?????
God bless Angie and family
she is realy cute… I’ve found many athors pictures here : http://www.newslicious.net/2009/06/angelina-jolie-elle-est-dune-sensualite.html
I love Angelina!! She is my heroe…
angelina is a f*ckin goddess. now if more people would be like her the world would be a better place. forget all the bullsh*t rumors and tabloids about her and her personal life. she does great things that i dont see other people in hollywood doing. she deserves to be #1 on forbes and i hope she has the number one spot next year.
Kay @ 06/19/2009 at 6:05 pm
The problem I see with this is that she’s talking as if refugees are a type of people. “Refugee” should be temporary; it’s a political and geographic statement about where people are and what’s happening in their country of origin.
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Sorry to burst your little bubble, kay. But indeed, refugees ARE a ‘type’ of people. Not in the way your little brain might imagine, however. That is to say, they are not a physical ‘type’ or a racial ‘type’ but a ‘type’ based on the condition they find themselves in at any period in history/moment in time.
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As Angie said in her interview with Ann Curry, someone pointed out to her that jesus, mohammed and (some other historical figure) were all refugees at one time or the other in their lives.
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And also, as Angie said in that same interview, refugees have been with us since time immemorial. THAT’S because human nature never changes and many of us are destined to make the same mistakes over and over and over and over again.
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Conflicts within and between nations will always give rise to refugees/displaced persons. Add to that, the vagaries of nature and anyone of us, by simply living on a vulnerable piece off land, which becomes ravaged by flood, fire, earthquake or any other natural disaster, suddenly can become displaced persons.
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So, my dear ignorant little kay-who-is-so-quick-to-pass-judgement-yet-remains-so-clueless, the condition of being a refugee might be temporary for any particular person. But the global PROBLEM of refugees is a permanent one for the human race always to deal with.
angelina is a good woman but is not perfect and is not a great actress,
angie ego is very great
@Rhonda:
Did you just get out from a Mental institution? The Doctors there have been looking for you.
Rhonda’s stupid. End of discussion.
umiltà @ 06/19/2009 at 6:43 pm
angelina is a good woman but is not perfect and is not a great actress,
angie ego is very great
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CONFIDENT: sure; having strong belief or full assurance; having no uncertainty about one’s own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; bold.
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EGOTISTIC: vain; boastful; indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish.
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Angie is a very confident woman. Her ego does not control her. (Unlike soooooooooooooo many pathetic people…..many of whom can be found in HW, as well as on this site.)
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Stay in school, little ‘umilita.’
# 581 QQQQ @ 06/19/2009 at 3:24 pm
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OT - PT
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Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon
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“Unfortunately this year I won’t be able to play at Wimbledon,” he told a news conference.
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I saw that. Would it be wrong of me to say I it doesn’t bother me in the least? LOL.
I see the Trolls are out in force! Could it be because X’s new movie got slammed by critics? Even critics who normally twist themselves into pretzels to defend her?
Could it be because all their fantasies of Brad and Angelina splitting up have been proven false?
Could it be because Brad is not chasing leatherface X?
Could it be because Angelina is in demand on AC, The Today show, writes for Time, is welcomed in D.C. whereas X is welcomed at the Joe Francis home?
X’s accomplishment lately is having a tan, having a good body, having a dog.
Angie is well respected by the people who share in her humanitarian efforts. She is respected as an actress. She has 6 beautiful children and a loving relationship. Whether she ever looks tired, or grows old, her accomplisments will stand the test of time.
X’s? Not so much!
In the reply to “happiest time of her life” Angie NEVER mentions being with Brad. It’s so over.
That’s not her, that’s Octo-Mom!
liverwurst @ 06/19/2009 at 7:05 pm In the
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Keep holding your breath!
Rhonda @ 06/19/2009 at 4:53 pm
how the fcuk do you know that? fcuking b1tch.
She also doesn’t answer the question “Do you feel you should be doing more”. Yeah, hard to answer this one when you own 100 million in real-estate.
Angelina Jolie,you’re the best.I’m so glad you toppled Oprah.You really deserve to be #1.God bless!!!
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