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.
BRAD PITTI 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.
More Brad Pitt Quotes
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I’ve always believed happiness is overrated, you know? It’s those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it’s a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses.
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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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There’s peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I’m responsible.
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I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.
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Fame is a Bleet, man.
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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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Gay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.
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I don’t want to die without scars.
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I keep hearing I’m a crazy party guy. I’m not. I’m boring. At least by party standards.
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I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.
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Yeah. And it was too much of what you shouldn’t be doing instead of what you should be doing. I get enraged when people start telling other people how to live their lives. It drives me mental.
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In Missouri, where I come from, we don’t talk about what we do – we just do it. If we talk about it, it’s seen as bragging.
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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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When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn’t know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.
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Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.
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