I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don’t discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that’s very telling.
BRAD PITTDemocracy doesn’t work unless people are well informed, and I don’t know that we are. People just don’t have the time. Most people’s daily lives are just about surviving. Most people don’t have time to really study crucial issues.
More Brad Pitt Quotes
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Fame is a Bleet, man.
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You are not the car you drive.
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The greatest thing an actor can experience is discovery. The greatest thing an artist can walk away with is to learn something about themselves and the world and this was one of those.
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The idea that marriage has to be for all time – that I don’t understand.
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You can’t trap justice. It’s an idea, a belief.
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Any love involves loss, and that’s the risk you take. And the greater the love, the greater the loss. I certainly feel that now with the woman I’m with, and the children that I have. But whatever the course may be, this time together is extraordinary.
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I could really try new things. That was satanism, it works really well, I made a pact.
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Each misstep leads to the next correct step.
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So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you’re figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it’s not worth doing – it’s already done. I’m interested in finding people who I think have a voice – and a very specific voice.
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The things you own end up owning you.
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Once you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.
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I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said ‘We saw your movie.’ ‘Which one?’ I said. He shouted ‘Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn’t like?
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I’m not a big proponent of happiness. I think it’s highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There’s so much value in that. You can’t have one without the other.
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Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.
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I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much [marijuana].
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