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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More Brad Pitt Quotes
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Fatherhood is the best thing I ever did. It changes your perspective. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is really the most extraordinary thing I have taken on.
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Democracy 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.
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Equality, absolutely, that’s what defines us. It’s what makes us great. If it doesn’t sit well with your religion, let your God sort it out in the end, but that’s us. We’re equal.
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A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss. That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.
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The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it.
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I’m actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. ‘No’ is the most powerful word in our business. You’ve got to protect yourself… To leave home, it’s got to be worth leaving. It’s got to be worth it.
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Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.
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I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.
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America is not a country, it’s a business.
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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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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 don’t want to die without scars.
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Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.
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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.
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Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
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