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.
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.
BRAD PITTI look and there’s our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in Namibia, and our son is from Cambodia, and they’re brothers and sisters, man. They’re brothers and sisters and it’s a sight for elation.
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 PITTOnce you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.
BRAD PITTGay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.
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 PITTYou don’t really get to choose who you fall in love with. Love chooses you.
BRAD PITTIf someone wants to do drugs … as long as he or she isn’t corrupting minors or driving under the influence or endangering others, shouldn’t a person have that right?
BRAD PITTI don’t feel restless, I just like to travel.
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 things you own end up owning you.
BRAD PITTYou are not the car you drive.
BRAD PITTThe woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it.
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’m one of those people you hate because of genetics. It’s the truth.
BRAD PITTI think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.
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