I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.
— Angelina Jolie
I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.
I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.
Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!
I always play women I would date.
All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.
If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.
I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like a funny Muppet.
I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.
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.
Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren't there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in.
There's nothing I have to hide or defend. I'm gonna live my life. And there are times when people wanna try to attack me, and I don't know why, but they will. And that's okay.
I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.
I learned to fly a few years ago in England. It's the only place I'm completely alone - up in the air, detached from everything.
When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness. I could see more possibilities in my life.
If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you're solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion.
I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.
I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that.
If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.
They're right to think that about me, because I'm the person most likely to sleep with my female fans, I genuinely love other women. And I think they know that.
I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I'm walking down the street.
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.
Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.
I'd go from film to film and almost detach from one world and jump in another. I was living as these people and not having a self. I didn't know who I was. And things just get really dark.
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.
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.
If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is.
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.
To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.
I've learned that we all change constantly. It's rare to find that person who is growing with you in the same way at the same time, who encourages you to grow.
Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me understand life, express myself, all those wonderful things. So I'm very, very grateful; it's a fun job. It's a luxury.
I'm not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don't walk away from it when something unfolds.
If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart.
I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.
I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know.
If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!
When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.
I need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world.
I've told Billy if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn't kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.
I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express.
Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.
Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.
Sometimes, women in families put themselves last until it manifests itself in their own health.
I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out.
I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I'm a good mom. But that's for my kids to decide, not for the world.
Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.
Real food, I've found, is actually better than dieting.
Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.
I'm always doing something. I never shut my brain off. I always have something going on.
