Angelina Jolie
To be clear: we have fights and problems like any other couple.
Most women in my family start to get sick and start dying in their 40s, and I am going to be very happy to become 50 and 60. I love getting older.
If something inconveniences my children too much or takes me away from them, I won't do it.
When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it's less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.
My whole family have all been through a difficult time. My focus is my children, our children.
The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.
Brad was a huge surprise to me. I think we were both the last two people who were looking for a relationship. I certainly wasn't. I was quite content to be a single mom with Mad.
I wanted to tell the story of Luong Ung, who's a dear friend of mine.
We will always be a family. Always.
I never woke up and thought, 'I really want to live a bold life.'
I cannot sit still.
I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn't something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn't gonna let that happen.
Every three months, I'll say, 'Honey, I think I should learn how to cook'.
It's probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories that I want to tell.
If you're going to spend two years of your life on something, it has to matter to you; you have to be passionate about it.
Something I learned as an actor was which scenes needed to be rehearsed and which actors are good with rehearsal, which actors learn from it, and which ones grow stale because they start to second-guess themselves.
I don't let a lot of reporters meet my children.
I didn't even know I needed throw pillows. That was always Brad's thing.
My mother was a very natural woman. She never spoiled herself, never wore make-up, and wore modest jewellery, but she always had a few special items for when she wanted to feel like a lady. One of those special items - and I remember it because it seemed so elegant - was her Guerlain powder.
I don't like perfumes that are too strong or sweet. I like a fragrance that is earthy and sensual and can be worn at any time.
You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for me.
She would have thrived as a grandmother. I know how much she would have contributed to their lives, and I am sad they will miss out on that.
We travel often to Asia, Africa, Europe, where they were born.
The boys know they're from Southeast Asia, and they have their food and their music and their friends, and they have a pride particular to them.
My mother was an Earth Mother and the nicest person in the world.
Ever since I dated a woman, I know what it is to grab a curve on a woman's body. Skinny's not fine when the lights are low.
Men don't really like skinny, do they?
We think it's fun for our kids to have cameos and join us on set, but not to be actors. That's not our goal for Brad and me at all. I think we would both prefer that they didn't become actors.
Sometimes I try to just sit at home and do something calmer and simpler and just be in my life. You know, not trying to solve a lot of things at once.
I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.
Maleficent has suffered abuse in the past, and there's a reason why she is now as furious as she is. And I think that children who have been outcast and abused in any way will relate to her. There's a beautiful side to her; she's not just a dark person. She has all these facets. And that is interesting.
Sadly, of course, there is real evil in the world. You watch the news, and you see all of the people suffering and so much cruelty.
The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that's what I try to teach my kids.
Not many people know this about me, but I'm a natural blonde. My hair went from light blonde naturally to a darker kind of blonde. My mother dyed my hair dark when I was a child, as I loved the look then. So I'm basically a natural blonde.
You just don't know when you get in the editing room what you will need as a link or a tool for a transition. If you're in a room, and there's a kettle boiling, get a shot of it. Don't worry if people think you're nuts.
They are resilient children, but they are children, and as much as they need help to understand the hard truths in life, they also need what we all need - protection and love.
I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn't as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.
I never thought I'd have children; I never thought I'd be in love, I never thought I'd meet the right person. Having come from a broken home - you kind of accept that certain things feel like a fairy tale, and you just don't look for them.
I always wanted a great love affair: something that feels big and full, really honest, and enough. No moment should feel slight, false, or a little off. For me, it had to be everything.
I feel matured in a way that I'm happy about. I'm at this other stage in my life - and it's not a bad thing at all.
What nourishes me also destroys me.
Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.
I think it speaks of all women having those few special things that make them feel feminine. And so when I was a little girl, I would associate Guerlain with that.
The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking?
Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman.
The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.
We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we're able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.
I'm always doing something. I never shut my brain off. I always have something going on.
I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.