There was a time when Angelina Jolie said Hollywood stars were “short-sighted” and wanted to leave showbiz
In her latest interview with the Wall Street Journal (USA), Hollywood star Angelina Jolie shared surprising thoughts about her feelings towards Hollywood stars.
Angelina Jolie said she wants to find true values so she no longer maintains regular social interactions with Hollywood stars. For her now, her 6 children are her most sincere friends. Her children are also rare close relationships that she tries to cultivate in her personal life.
“My children are my closest friends. They are also rare relationships that I cherish and nurture in my life right now. We are 7 very different people, But that’s what gives us strength,” Jolie shared.
Jolie said she now wants to live alongside people who are still struggling with everyday life
The actress also revealed that she and her mother also had difficult problems and had to heal together after the trauma they had gone through. Jolie affirms that at the present stage, she does not have an active social life with regular and close interactions.
Besides her children, the sincere friends that Jolie makes are the refugees she has come into contact with while carrying out a number of volunteer activities. Jolie said she currently has 6 female friends, most of whom are women who have experienced difficult lives because of war and conflict.
Jolie has 3 biological children and 3 adopted children, her children are between the ages of 15 and 22. Jolie also shared her desire to leave Los Angeles (USA) soon to have a different life. Jolie is thinking a lot about moving to Cambodia – the hometown of her adopted son Maddox.
“I have been living in bondage for many years. I cannot live and move freely the way I want. When conditions allow, I will leave Los Angeles and live the way I want “, Jolie said.
Jolie sees that people who have gone through many difficulties in life are her most valuable friends
In fact, the unresolved disagreements between Jolie and her ex-husband – actor Brad Pitt – on the issue of child custody division are the reason why she cannot leave the United States.
Only when all of her children are 18 years old and can live independently can Jolie move to other countries without problems. Currently, she takes on the role of a direct caregiver for her children. Since Jolie and Pitt broke up, the children only appear with Jolie.
After the divorce, Jolie wanted to have full custody of all six children. Meanwhile, Pitt wants to share custody of the children. These disagreements will likely only come to an end when all six of their children have entered adulthood and legally, there is no longer a need for someone to take on the role of legal caregiver. again.
Having traveled to many places around the world and had many experiences in different situations, Jolie found the film capital of Hollywood to be a toxic place. Jolie was born and raised here, her parents are both actors.
Jolie even expressed regret for pursuing an acting career
Currently, Jolie still lives and raises her underage children in Hollywood. However, she found this to be a place “very lacking in sincerity, containing a lot of fakeness and short-sightedness”.
The beauty explained her strict outlook: “Maybe because I grew up in Hollywood, I never felt impressed with the social life here. I was never attracted to what was going on. happening here, I don’t see anything important or meaningful about everything that happens in social life here.”
In an interview with many surprising content, Jolie even expressed regret for pursuing an acting career.
If she could decide again, she would not pursue this job: “Currently, I find that acting in film projects is not suitable for me. I am more interested in the theater field. When I started Pursuing acting, the actor’s private life is not shared this much, the actor does not necessarily have to become a public figure the way we are seeing.”
For Jolie, her children are her closest friends
In her current life, Jolie finds that people who have gone through many difficulties in life are her most valuable friends, because they are sincere, honest, and profound. With friends who are not active in showbiz, Jolie feels a real connection, she is comfortable and relaxed in those friendships.
Jolie said she wanted to live alongside people who are still struggling with everyday life. It is when she is with people who have faced many difficulties and challenges in life that she feels both strength and kindness in them.