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Angelina Jolie is an American actress and filmmaker who has been active in the film industry since 1990. Jolie became the first woman to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014. She has been nominated for numerous awards, including two Academy Awards for her performances in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and Playing by Heart (2000).
On June 4th, 1975, Angelina Jolie was born in Los Angeles, CA, to actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Her father is African American, while her mother is French Canadian. She has a twin brother, James Haven, who is also an actor. Her father is of Norwegian descent, and her mother was born in Paris, France, to American parents.
She started acting at the age of nine months, with her father, Jon Voight, teaching her how to act in front of the camera. In 1999, Jolie starred in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider as Lara Croft opposite Gerard Butler as Indy Mogel. After playing the title role in Disney’s 2001 action-adventure film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, she rose to fame based on the popular video game franchise by Eidos Interactive.
Here’s a list of inspirational quotes from her to help you find the confidence you need & know that with hard work & passion.
Top 65 Most Inspiring Angelina Jolie Quotes
“Make bold choices and make mistakes. It’s all those things that add to the person you become.”
“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.”
“It’s better to have nobody, than to have someone who is half there, or doesn’t want to be there.”
“I’ve been reckless, but I’m not a rebel without a cause.”
“Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold you head up and be proud.”
“Sometimes, women in families put themselves last until it manifests itself in their own health.”
“We have a responsibility to be aware of others.”
“Wherever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.”
“I’ve been reckless, but I’m not a rebel without a cause.”
“The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can’t have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I’d rather not be in a cage. I’d rather be dead.”
“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”
“Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third.”
“People say that you’re going the wrong way when it’s simply a way of your own.”
“I never felt settled or calm. You can’t really commit to life when you feel that.”
“When I get logical, and I don’t trust my instincts – that’s when I get in trouble.”
“If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone perception of me.”
“Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.”
“You’d think, ‘what if I make a mistake today, I’ll regret it’. I don’t believe in regret, I feel everything leads us to where we are and we have to just jump forward, mean well, commit and just see what happens.”
“People always slow down for a train wreck. It’s like junk food. If you don’t feel good about yourself, you want to read crap about other people, like gossip in high school. You don’t understand why it’s there, but somehow it makes a lot of people feel better.”
“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.”
“Everyday we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.”
“I’m happy being myself, which I’ve never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but Ididnt have those things in mine.”
“Nothing would mean anything if I didn’t live a life of use to others.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The mind wants to forget because it weighs so much on the heart and soul. I am tired of crying and feeling so helpless. I want to breathe again -just for a little while.”
“I’m not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don’t walk away from it when something unfolds.”
“If being sane is thinking there’s something wrong with being different….I’d rather be completely fucking mental.”
“Don’t think the rich people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.”
“I don’t believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don’t judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.”
“I don’t see the point of doing an interview unless you’re going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I’m extremely human and have done some dark things I don’t think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I’d like to think it’s the nice thing to do.”
“If you ask people what they’ve always wanted to do, most people haven’t done it. That breaks my heart.”
“Nothing would mean anything if I didn’t life a life of use to others.”
“We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn is. 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.”
“Be brave, be bold, be free.”
“I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.”
“What nourishes me also destroys me”
“I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.” Quotes
“I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.”
“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.”
“There’s something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.”
“Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.” Quotes
“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.”
“Just start off with the same goals in mind. If you have the same values, same goals then you’ll be on track for the same future.”
“I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.”
“I used to think I was unstable because I had this thirst for something. I could never figure out what it was. I couldn’t sleep at night, and I always wanted to be somewhere else. I always saw myself, wherever I was in life, staring out the window.”
“If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.”
“People say that you’re going the wrong way when it’s simply a way of your own.”
“It’s hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I’ve learned to let go and more more quickly into the next place.”
“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.”
“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.”
“When I met survivors of war and famine and rape, I learned what life is like for most people in this world and how fortunate I was, I realized how sheltered I have been. And I was determined never to be that way again.”
“It is not where you start out in life that counts the most, it is how you choose to face it.”
“If I didn’t have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I’ve realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy.”
“I will do the best I can with this life, to be of use.”
“Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don’t know why he’s with me. I don’t know whether I’m good enough. But if I make him happy, then I’m everything I want to be.”
“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.”
“Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.”
“We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”
“Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.”
“I do believe in the old saying, ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ Out experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.”
“People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future. We must embrace both in someone we love.” “Anything that feels good couldn’t possibly be bad.”