Angelina Jolie's Dating CONFESSION
Angelina Jolie's Dating CONFESSION
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00:00 This is so hard because I'm such an honest person
00:02 and it's so hard for me to do these kind of things.
00:04 - Angelina Jolie's not making her dating life a priority,
00:08 seven years after filing for divorce from Brad Pitt.
00:10 - You know, it's that expression,
00:12 it's how well you walk through the fire,
00:15 but you walk through it.
00:16 - It feels powerful.
00:17 - The Oscar winner gets candid for WSJ Magazine,
00:20 sharing updates about life, both personal and professional,
00:23 along with words of wisdom
00:25 for anyone going through a hard time.
00:27 - Go right through it.
00:30 Like, right through it.
00:31 Feel it, be in it, don't avoid it,
00:35 go completely in it, feel everything,
00:37 and then go right through it and get out the other end.
00:40 - Inside the mag, the 48-year-old star
00:42 touches on her romantic prospects,
00:44 admitting that she's not currently dating.
00:46 In fact, I don't really have a social life.
00:49 - I think it's very important for us to appreciate life.
00:52 - While Angie doesn't reveal what she needs
00:54 in a romantic partner,
00:55 she does offer what she looks for in a collaborator.
00:58 - I think someone who's bold,
01:00 and maybe a little mad.
01:03 - A little mad. - A little bit of madness.
01:05 - I think while it's very important to be thoughtful
01:07 and ethical and considerate,
01:09 it is also very important to have a little madness,
01:13 have a little wild.
01:15 - Of course, Angelina's tumultuous split from Brad
01:17 played out in the spotlight,
01:18 stories often including their six children.
01:21 - We are just a family.
01:23 - Whom she now considers her close friends.
01:25 - For seven very different people, which is our strength.
01:28 - I spend time with my kids,
01:30 and just to be around them,
01:31 'cause they're the best of me,
01:33 and I've learned something from all of them differently,
01:36 and I think they're really interesting people,
01:37 but I feel stronger when I'm with them.
01:39 - When your children are your best friends,
01:40 it's kind of a, it's a nice life.
01:43 - Meanwhile, Angelina's latest role is quite the high note.
01:46 (singing in foreign language)
01:50 Portraying famed opera singer Maria Callas
01:52 on the big screen.
01:53 - I felt very lucky.
01:55 - And while Angelina admits she was terrified
01:57 to sing for the movie,
01:59 that fear's all a part of her creative process.
02:01 - Just get out of your head,
02:03 and be willing to make a fool of yourself.
02:05 - I love being a part of the entire process,
02:08 from beginning to end,
02:09 and dedicating years of my life to a story,
02:12 and learning about it,
02:14 and shepherding it all the way,
02:17 and even though it's a bit of a responsibility,
02:19 you feel a little pressure,
02:20 but it's a welcome pressure,
02:22 because you stand by something,
02:24 and I guess I like the responsibility.
02:27 - As Angelina focuses on her future,
02:30 she's finding inspiration in the past too.
02:32 Well, her past self, that is.
02:34 - Oh, so many things I'd like to warn her about.
02:39 I think it's taken me a long time to get back to her.
02:41 I didn't trust my madness.
02:44 I didn't think it was a good thing when I was young,
02:47 and I think it's a part of,
02:49 it's a part of me, so it's important.
02:50 I'm trying to find her again.
02:52 (upbeat music)
02:55 (chimes)
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