I never felt settled or calm. You can't really commit to life when you feel that.
Without Cambodia, I may never have become a mother. Part of my heart is and will always be in this country. And part of this country is always with me: Maddox.
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.
If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.
I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.
There are many things I do where the centre of it is... It's almost more my humanitarian work than art.
Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.
If there is even one woman out there who went and got checked and found that she had cancer or she was positive and she caught something in time, and if in any small way I was a part of that, it makes me very emotional.
There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you're compassionate.
The 'Maddox Jolie-Pitt' Foundation's work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.
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.
When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It's just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.
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.
When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.
I always play women I would date.
I wanted to tell the story of Luong Ung, who's a dear friend of mine.
My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.
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'm not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don't walk away from it when something unfolds.