I don’t want to die without scars.
BRAD PITTI don’t want to die without scars.
BRAD PITTSo 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.
BRAD PITTWhen you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.
BRAD PITTMy family worry for me because I’m gonna burn in an eternal pit of fire.
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’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 PITTGay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.
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 PITTDo you know how you tell real love? It’s when someone else’s interest trumps your own.
BRAD PITTWhen 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.
BRAD PITTFatherhood 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.
BRAD PITTOnce you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.
BRAD PITTYeah. 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.
BRAD PITTYou have to consider the possibility that God does not like you.
BRAD PITTI 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?
BRAD PITTMost of the time is with the family. Most of the time, is all the time. When we work it’s a very intensive chunk of time. We work for 12 hours a day, 14 hours a day is common. And we’ll do that for a few months and then we get to relax a little bit.
BRAD PITT