While declaring her intentions to leave ‘unhealthy’ Los Angeles and’spend more time’ in Cambodia after ‘losing the opportunity to move freely’ throughout her acrimonious divorce fight with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie has suggested that she wants to give up acting permanently.
In the December/January edition of WSJ Magazine, the 48-year-old actress expressed her distaste for Hollywood, calling it a “shallow” environment and acknowledging that she probably would not have pursued a career in acting if she had started her career today.
She clarified that she would want to leave as soon as possible and go to her home in Asia, but not until her current legal dispute with her former partner is resolved.
The couple began dating in 2005, got married in 2014, and separated two years later in 2016. Since then, they have been involved in a protracted, seven-year divorce process that is centered on their six children’s custody.
According to Angelina, she “lost the ability to live and travel freely” as a result of the legal struggle, she told WSJ Magazine.
She said, “It’s part of what happened after my divorce—I lost the freedom to live and travel.” “I’ll get up when I can.”
Because she “grew up around” Hollywood, Angelina—whose parents, Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, were all actors—added that she was “never very impressed” with the industry.
She told the newspaper, “I never bought into it as significant or important.”
The ‘expectation’ that comes with being a famous person, she said, is probably why she wouldn’t pick acting as her career if she could start again today.
“It wasn’t as much of an expectation to be as public, to share so much,” she said.
She also made jokes about how all of her “closest friends are refugees” and that she “doesn’t really have a social life” anymore.
Over the years, the movie actor has visited camps in Pakistan, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and Tanzania while working with the UN Refugee Agency for more than 20 years.
“There’s a reason why I feel more at ease around people who have experienced hardship—they are also far more honest and connected,” the woman said.
Why is it that I like hanging out with migrants and survivors? They have faced so many challenges in life that it has brought out not just strength but also humanity.
The world has been watching Angelina and her 59-year-old ex-husband Brad fight it out in court for the past seven years, in what is perhaps one of the most public breakups in history.
She spoke up about why she had chosen to withdraw from the public eye in recent years and talked briefly about the dissolution of her marriage to WSJ.
She was posing in a black jacket and matching shorts from her new sustainable fashion line, Altelier Jolie, in another picture from the session.
In a third, she was clad in a floor-length black coat by Atelier Jolie with a panel painted by hand on the back.
The on-screen actress said that even if she decides to take a vacation from acting, she won’t completely quit her career: “I can’t stop.” I constantly sense that a conflict is imminent.
Her attention has, meanwhile, mostly shifted to her other endeavors, such as her new clothing line, which she claims is intended to support “individuality” and “freedom.”
She is now working on launching the brand’s store in New York City, which will also have an upper area for private fittings and a café managed by immigrant and refugee cooks.
Additionally, she intends to “host educational events focused on techniques like silk-screening, embroidery, and studding” at the shop.
She informed WSJ that she would “probably lose money, maybe even for a while” from the new endeavor. “It would be a great victory if I could eventually implement some of the things that I believe will improve and I just break even.”
“Can we avoid doing real damage—not just to the earth, but also to the garment workers?” she said.
Is it feasible for me to go someplace, enjoy sewing, like dressing, and not cause harm to anyone? And maybe even be kind to people? I’m not aware of the solutions.