Why Angelina Jolie says she wouldn’t be an actress if she started today

The career of Angelina Jolie boomed at the end of the 1990s, with praised performances in films George Wallace — The Man Who Sold His Soul (1997) It is Gia — Fame and destruction (1998). In the 2000s, the actress completed a gigantic series of works, making more than one feature film per year.

With the arrival of the 2010s, this number was drastically reduced. To give you an idea, from 2011 to 2021, Jolie He acted in “only” ten films — four of them voicing animated characters.

Evidently, there are personal issues that help explain why this is. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Angelina She even admitted that, if she were to decide today what career she would pursue, she simply “wouldn’t be an actress”.

The explanation for this was not given in such a specific way. However, she made it clear that she is uncomfortable with the exposure of her personal life, something caused by the fact that she is a famous artist. The actress stated that when she started working in the area, “there wasn’t as much expectation of it being something so public, of having to share so much”.

Angelina Jolie and stress

Still in the interview, Angelina Jolie stated that your body’s reaction to stress is very bad. Again, the artist did not specify what makes her feel this way, but she commented that she suffered a health problem when she divorced her fellow actor. Brad Pitt.

They started dating in 2005, which would have even made Pitt break up with his then wife Jennifer Aniston at the time, and separated in 2016, with the right to serious proceedings exchanged in court. About the entire exhibition, the artist commented:

“My body reacts strongly to stress. My blood sugar goes up and down. Suddenly I had paralysis Bell six months before my divorce.”

Last year, Jolie sued Pitt accusing him of physical abuse against her and her children. O FBI investigated the incident but decided not to pursue criminal charges against the actor.

All this took Angelina to adopt a slower pace in front of the cameras. The actress said in another interview, with Vogue, which only accepts short-term work currently. The reason is that “there is a lot of work to be done at home”, when it comes to raising children. The artist also said that she intends to move from Hollywood to her home in Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia.

“It’s part of what happened after my divorce. I lost the ability to live and travel so freely. I’ll move when I can. I grew up in a pretty shallow place. Of all the places in the world, Hollywood is not a healthy place. You have to look for authenticity.”