When 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 PITTOnce you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.
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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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Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
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My happiest moment is the day they call wrap and I’m free. I’m not looking back.
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America is not a country, it’s a business.
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I always heard criticism is the tax on fame. They were right. And then some.
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I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much [marijuana].
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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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You dont know someone until you know what they want.
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This 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.
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You are not the car you drive.
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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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I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what’s more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.
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We’re consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession.
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Any love involves loss, and that’s the risk you take. And the greater the love, the greater the loss. I certainly feel that now with the woman I’m with, and the children that I have. But whatever the course may be, this time together is extraordinary.
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I believe you make your day. You make your life.
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