Angelina Jolie: "I Was Never Teased" as a Kid
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Was Angelina Jolie a magnet for schoolyard bullies?
No way.
"I was actually quite a cool kid," the actress tells Parade magazine. "I was never teased. I never had any trouble from anybody."
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But Jolie, despite her oft-mentioned fondness for tattoos, knives and daredevil stunts, clarifies that she wasn't all that hard as a kid. "I was not tough. I was certainly independent and bold... But I was never satisfied. I had trouble sleeping. I didn't really fit. I always feel that I'm searching for something deeper, something more, more."
As the daughter of Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, Jolie, now 35, grew up around Hollywood types, but never became self-destructive. "Part of the sadness in this business is that there are a lot of people in it looking for approval and love," she says. "I'm lucky because I was raised with so much love that I can take a lot of knocks and not take anything personally."
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She nods to stars who weren't so lucky: "There are many people we've seen lost in this business because other people haven't stopped to make sure they're OK, you know? People are aware when others are breaking, but in this town they don't tend to stop and help them. In the end, it costs a life."
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Brad Pitt's longtime love also dishes on how she plans to give their kids a spiritual education. "Brad and I are raising our children to respect everyone," she says of Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, Shiloh, 4 and twins Vivienne and Knox, who turn 2 this Monday.
"We have a bookshelf in the house that has the Bible, the Torah, the Koran, everything. We will take our children to church, temple, Buddhist ceremonies, Mosques, teaching them about all faiths. Whatever religion they choose, the choice will be theirs."
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65Did this interview really happen? Or is she in denial that she's got her life on track? Taken out of context? This girl was plain out FREAKY when she was younger. Lovely lady now - no matter what anybody says.
OMG! There is so much hatred going on. Angelina Jolie is the most attractive and talented actress in the business and I think she and Brad are raising their kids exceptionally well. I am quite sure they could care less about what people say about them.
is she still relevant now that reviews and trackings of her movie are not good at all? Anyone can see, it will flop big time!
Yeah...didn't she hire a hit man to "off" her or something? I'd say that's a little self destructive...not to mention the cutting.
Her beautiful 4-year-old daughter Shiloh appears to be transgender and she is a lunatic -- that's why she was a cool kid? Her own kid is messed up and that is tragic.
Jolie says that she never was self-destructive? Is this story for real? What about the cutting and the heroin? Angelina has said that philanthropy helped her pull herself out of her funk, and she wishes she had found it as a teenager. Also, Angelina has said that she was an outcast and dark during her teen years. I don't believe this story for a minute. Anyone who does has a very, very short memory.
RICH &/or TOM, You are the one who needs the meds. Angie is a skank and was proud of it until Brad. Now she's completely fake. Deal with it. And undo the CAPS LOCK.
@suckers, sorry are you basically saying jennifer aniston is more cunning than angie? lol sorry to tell you this, but angelina Phonie is the master of manipulation! leave sweet jen alone!
her stories about herself are constantly changing to create whatever fake image she needs for the moment, or whatever book has come out. she's also quite self-congratulatory.
if she didn't have a movie coming out she wouldn't be out here trying once again to reinvent herself. you can put lipstick on a pig but its still a pig.
i love you so much jolie and i want your email address andi wish you happy with brit pitt
787, MANNUSTON NEED YOU SUCK AND LICK HER PVSSY. YOU'RE RELLY A UGLY, RUDE, STUPID LIKE A DOG. FVCK YOU,787.
the reason she had no one to bully her, the other kids were too scared she might seduce their mothers!!!
Can't wait to see Salt and of course, The Tourist with Johnny Depp. She's beautiful and such a talented actress and beautiful family.
Jennifer Aniston is a FRAUD, who manipulates her DUMB MIDDLE-AGED BRAINDEAD WHITE WOMEN FANS with the help of her PR man.
shes not pregnant...she just has a fat gut and a skinny body....she has a barrel shape
not sure if your a fat, pasty dude who has greasy hair, or if your an hiv positive, fat closet lesbo covered in scars and tats...either way, your very irrelevant
Love her. She's real. Aniston female fans: if ur husband cheats on you, it's because HE cheats on you, not the other woman. She is a stranger, it could have been any other woman in Angelina's place. To me, Aniston is a very cunning person, she neither denies nor admits anything, she is getting money out of brangelina brand. Give me a break.
So far she has described herself as a schoolyard bully, forcing the boys to sumit to her kisses, and terrorizing the other kids.....and that of an outcast, misfit, dark and misunderstood....and finally she says she was a cool kid whom nobody bothered....this woman cant keep up with her stories...clearly she is still struggling with her identity.....seems her kids are doing the same thing these days...
Typical American women...full of jealousy and hatred. Tsk!