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.
BRAD PITTI’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.
BRAD PITTOne of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I’m so happy to have her.
BRAD PITTWe’re consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession.
BRAD PITTOnce you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.
BRAD PITTI’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.
BRAD PITTThe 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.
BRAD PITTI’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.
BRAD PITTI always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.
BRAD PITTOnce you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.
BRAD PITTThis idea of perpetual happiness is crazy and overrated, because those dark moments fuel you for the next bright moments; each one helps you appreciate the other.
BRAD PITTI was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much [marijuana].
BRAD PITTAmerica is a country founded on guns. It’s in our DNA. It’s very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don’t feel safe, I don’t feel the house is completely safe, if I don’t have one hidden somewhere. That’s my thinking, right or wrong.
BRAD PITTSuccess is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
BRAD PITTWhen I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn’t a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self. I had faith that I’m capable enough to handle any situation. There’s peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and that I’m responsible.
BRAD PITTI have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have my family, and I haven’t known life to be any happier.
BRAD PITTGay 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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