Brad Pitt
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Biography
William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and film producer. In a film career spanning more than thirty years, Pitt has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and one Volpi Cup.
"A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all."
"Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within."
"I'm satisfied with making true choices and finding the woman I love, Angie, and building a family that I love so much."
"I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there, until then there's no point thinking about it."
"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."
"I keep hearing I'm a crazy party guy … I'm not. I'm boring... At least by party standards."
"I've always paid attention to religion … because I grew up in a religious background, but I've never felt a part of any of them. I think there's something to be drawn from most of them — other than goat sacrificing."
"You shouldn't speak until you know what you're talking about. That's why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I'm a fucking actor! They hand me a script. I act. I'm here for entertainment. Basically, when you whittle everything away, I'm a grown man who puts on makeup."
"Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed."
"Fame is a bitch, man."
"I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale."
"My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn't want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life."
"Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me."
"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."
"I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale."
"Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me."
"Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me."
"Deregulation created this epidemic of greed which according to the rules of capitalism was OK. Beyond that there was criminal behaviour. There have been no repercussions and it's hard to make your peace with."
"I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion."
"I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion."
"That's the most important thing to me - that if I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together."
"I don't feel restless, I just like to travel."
"I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It is the truth."
"I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong."
"When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn't a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of Self."