Angelina Jolie

Maleficent has suffered abuse in the past, and there's a reason why she is now as furious as she is. And I think that children who have been outcast and abused in any way will relate to her. There's a beautiful side to her; she's not just a dark person. She has all these facets. And that is interesting. ”

We think it's fun for our kids to have cameos and join us on set, but not to be actors. That's not our goal for Brad and me at all. I think we would both prefer that they didn't become actors. ”

We care for each other and care about our family, and we are both working towards the same goal. ”

That's when it becomes a business. When you've been public a long time, when it's a career. You do certain films, you sell them. ”

I grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business. ”

I'm in a rare position where I don't have to do job after job. I can take time when my family needs it. ”

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess. ”

My mother was an Earth Mother and the nicest person in the world. ”

People wonder aloud about whether I am an okay mother. That is obviously painful because it's so important to me. It's hard to hear that people think I'm not a capable mother and a good person, that they just think I'm nuts. ”

I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn't as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me. ”