Quotes

Brad Pitt has been in a lot of interviews over the years. Here you can find some of his most famous quotes to give you an insight into the person behind the actor.

• „Angelina and I do not fight anymore. What occurred to me on this film, and also with the passing of Angelina´s mother Marcheline Bertrand last year, is that there´s going to come a time when I´m not going to get to be with this person anymore. I´m not going to get to be with my children anymore. And so, if we have a flare-up, it evaporates now. I don´t want to waste time being angry at someone I love.“ (revealing his film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button saved his & Angelina Jolie´s relationship).
• „Angelina´s Overdue.“
• „Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able.“
• „As individuals we respect all religions and human beings. We are committed to tolerance and human value… it is unthinkable that anyone would have uttered the things that are being attributed to them. If any misunderstanding has been caused, we apologize for it.“ (after reports of racism against their security team in India).
• „Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.“ (Us Weekly, September 18, 2000).
• „Billy Idol called… he wants his look back.“
• „Brad was mesmerized by Angelina´s sexiness in the beginning. But the fact that Jen´s out there looking great is making him notice her.“
• „But then I felt alone. It was this thing I was dependent on.“
• „By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense.“
• „Fame is a bitch, man.“ (Viasat magazine, May 2001).
• „Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.“
• „Friends … Mr. & Mrs. Smith.“ [The star of the hit television comedy].
  
• „Got into a bad car wreck. And pfffttt!“
• „He lost his Johnson. To this day, I cannot drive with a can between my legs. And I warn all my friends, too. I say „Don´t do that, man.“ And they say, „Why?“ And I say: „Because you could lose your uh-uh that way. I mean, seriously, man.“
• „He´ll go for years on pulling off a prank, … His genius in that one was not pulling a prank on me.“
• „Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.“
• „I am a bit of a junkie. It´s inexplicable really. I believe we creatures are very susceptible to our surroundings. They can actually improve our mode of life and I personally am very affected … when I walk through an intelligent building. It inspires me. To me it´s like walking through a piece of art and, coupling that now with the green movement of the smarter architecture - of the healthier buildings with great design - is a very exciting prospect to me.“
• „I believe I´m quite capable and we, as people, can learn to do anything, and that´s proof of it! And my education is on film, on record! Now I can take on anything that comes my way and find truth in it an do a pretty good job.“ [On how his earlier, lesser film roles ultimately improved him as an actor].
• „I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it´s up to me.“
• „I can´t leave the set.“
• „I couldn´t find my range or balance early in the fight.“
• „I dare to say that Vivienne is proving to resemble Angelina in spirit, attitude and physicality. She is quite elegant like her mother. And Knox - he´s a bit of me. He likes music like his dad. But when he was born he looked like Vladimir Putin!“ [August 4th, 2008].
• „I didn´t think it was one of my best fights but I´m in with a chance now.“
• „I didn´t understand this idea of a God who says, ´You have to acknowledge me. You have to say that I´m the best, and then I´ll give you eternal happiness. If you won´t, then you don´t get it!´ It seemed to be about ego. I can´t see God operating from ego, so it made no sense to me.“ [Interview Oct 3, 2007].
• „I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what´s more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.“
• „I have no respect for these people. I do not like them. They should not be able to follow kids like this.“ [On the paps].
• „I just walk away feeling bad about it when I do. [What I do say] seems to get cheapened somehow as it goes through the filter and the airwaves. I just want to keep it close to the chest.“ [On talking about the kids December 2nd, 2008].
• „I know when I go outside, there´ll be a van or two and they´ll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I´m just going across town and I know they´re just wasting their day, so it doesn´t bother me anymore.“
• „I liked turning 40. Maybe I had a crisis earlier or something. Maybe I had it in my 30s. One thing that sucks though is that your face kind of goes, and your body´s not quite working the same. But you earned it. You earned that, things falling apart!“ [on ageing].
• „I mean, that´s the modified self-help version of the psychology, I guess.“
• „I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said ´We saw your movie. ´Which one?´ I said. He shouted ´Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn´t like?´“
  „I quit, and then I started again, and then I quit, and then I started again.“
• „I remember as I turned 30 I said, “I have no more excuses for myself. I´ve got to figure these things out.“
• „I remember one of the most pivotal moments I´ve had was when I finally couldn´t buy the religion I grew up with. That was a big deal. It was a relief in a way that I didn´t have to believe that anymore.”
• „I think he´s tits.“ [On friend Guy Ritchie].
• „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 a method actor.“ [when asked by Conan O´Brien how he got into character as stoner JD in his movie True Romance 1993].
• „I´m a method actor.“ [When asked by Conan O´Brien how he got into character as stoner JD in his movie "Cutting Class"].
• „I´m going to record an album with Jennifer Lopez. It´ll be acoustic versions of KC & the Sunshine Band.“
• „I´m gonna design my own fleet of trailers. No! I´m gonna record an album like Jennifer Lopez. It´ll be an acoustic version of K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Then maybe I´ll design a line of clothes like Puff Daddy, but all in synthetic fur.“
• „I´m impervious to poo, snot, urine, vomit. You can´t get me. You cannot break me down.“
• „I´m on my own little quest. You get a handful of scripts each year, and you find one that´s interesting to you and you want to investigate. And I´ve just got to keep on following that. And wherever that takes us, it takes us. And then, you know, when it is all said and done for me and I look back, I will try to define it then.“
• „I´m one of those people you hate because of genetics. It is the truth.“
• „I´m performing naked cartwheels. I´m very excited.“ [On marriage to Jennifer Aniston].
• „I´m really proud of this family. I look at my sons and daughters. … I feel rich being around them. Each one offers so much to the mix.“ [On how he is proud of his family].
• „I´ve had the luxury of travel and in the luxury of travel, I´ve seen the detriments of poverty and I´ve gone on to see how easy the cures can be–cures that cost cents to the richest nations in the world.“
• „If we feel it´s important to our kids, we would [get married].“ [On his view of marrying partner, Angelina Jolie].
• „In our family, the rule was, never keep a soda can between your legs when you´re in the car. My father told us this wicked story about a man who was driving with a can between his legs and …”
• „It can open doors. When I think about those who don´t get the opportunity… I wrestle with that a bit [on being handsome]“
• „It really changes your perspective on the world. You know, I´ve had my day. I made some films, and I´ve really had a very fortunate life, and it´s time for me to share that a little bit. Having children takes the focus off yourself, which I´m really grateful for. I´m so tired of thinking about myself. I´m sick of myself. You feel you want to be there and not miss out on anything. It´s a true joy and a very profound love. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is the most extraordinary thing I´ve ever taken on [on having children (2007)].“
• „It´s a tragedy in the sense that any love involves loss, and that´s the risk you take. And the greater the love, the greater the loss. I certainly feel that now with the woman I´m with, and the children that I have. But whatever the course may be, this time together is extraordinary.” [Talking about love and loss in his own life - December 29th, 2008].
• „It´s amazing what an impending midlife crisis will do for you, really. It got me motivated, having turned 40 in December [2003].“
• „[It´s] still a cuckoo´s nest.“
• „Jen and I still maintain a deep friendship and have a lot of life together that isn´t erased in any way. I don´t know how better to have handled it. My view was, this is no one´s business in the end - at least in matters of the heart. So you need to protect all involved as much as possible. I don´t know if that cooled things off or exacerbated them, but it was a thing I felt justly about at the time. Again, the thing guiding me then was you don´t know how many days you have and you need life to be everything you want it to be.“ [Revealing in 2007 that he remains friends with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston].
• „Knocking the other guy out. It´s just getting in there and participating. So we wanted to keep it loose, and it´s free-form. Although I hit Edward whenever I could and was able to get away with it.“
• „Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right to life. Let us be outraged, let us be loud, let us be bold.”
• „Listen, you experiment around in different ways, but I know the truth about drugs. People either quit or they die. I believe in learning from others´ mistakes.“
• „Money is freedom, no question.“
• „My beard is staying because it covers my bum shaped chin!“ [Discussing his much discussed beard].
• „My goal is to bring moustaches back - I don´t think they are respected enough. In my new film it´s political, it´s a political statement.“ [After sporting a moustache for the film Inglourious Basterds].
• „My thoughts these days are, ´Oh, my God, what did I do? What are they going to see from the past?´ It definitely colors what I´ll approach in the future. I´ll try to be a little bit more mature about my decisions.“ [On how his children will influence his future roles].
• „My week consists … five days out of the seven I´ve got at least three cars of paparazzi on me that I´ve got to either lose or whatever.“
• „No, I´m not getting into all of that … The Break Up.“ [In fact, all he´ll offer is a simple].
• „Once you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all… I´ll trade wisdom for youth any day.“
• „Our goal is to kick off the rebuilding effort. It´s certainly long overdue and I can only go from the reports that we get that it´s behind, absolutely. People are frustrated.“

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

• „Our seven-year-old was searching the word ´weapons´ on Google the other day and ended up on some white-supremacist site. I´m sure now we´re on all kinds of watch lists.“
• „People who are against gay marriage do not understand the very freedoms that they themselves are enjoying.“
• „She is my great love, my best friend, a generous woman and a fantastic mother – Love“ [about Angelina Jolie (2007)].
• „She´s amazing and a fantastic mother.“ [About Angelina and her mothering skills].
• „Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.“

  

• „That´s why we all end up hiding and creating communes or compounds, because it´s work when you go out there in public. You can´t just go to the doctor, sit in a

  waiting room, and read a magazine. You can´t go to the airport and wait for your flight, because you get mauled. So there are these little shortcuts.“

  
  

  
  

• „The fighting isn´t necessarily ´take your aggressions out on someone else.“
• „The human interest is enough - the fact that millions are dying from preventable, curable diseases. But if the human interest isn´t enough, then wisdom will tell you that self-preservation is.“
• „The Mexican, … a loose, low-budget, down-and-dirty, hand-held film.“ [Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt co-star in].
• „The thing I don´t understand is looking at this as a failure. It´s talked about like it failed, I guess because it wasn´t flawless. Me, I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful, actually [In May, 2005, on his impending divorce to Jennifer Aniston].“
• „These people have suffered so much, but they have such tremendous spirit, … I´m really moved by the relief effort.“ [They flew on a supply helicopter and visited a tent camp for survivors. Pitt announced that he would buy 40 orthopedic beds worth $100,000].
• „They hand me a script. I act. I´m here for entertainment, basically, when you whittle everything way. I´m a grown man who puts on makeup.“
• „They´re as much of my blood as any natural-born, and I´m theirs. That´s all I can say about it. So, to anyone considering adoption, that´s my vote.“ [On adopted children, Maddox and Zahara].
• „This line of thinking is one I have encountered from time to time. Tomorrow, I´ll tell you what my answer usually is.“
• „Walk down the aisle, wear the ring, kiss the bride. Oh, it´s going to be great.“
• „We are lions!!! Who can forget those words when watching troy. Take a list at some of the best Brad Pitt quotes from his films.“
• „We average about two a year, so I guess we´re overdue, aren´t we?“ [Interview at the SAG Awards January 26th, 2009].
• „We did a little training in the beginning, … But again, these guys aren´t supposed to be skilled fighters.“
• „We made a plan at school to meet in her garage and kiss. It was like this little business deal. I kissed her and then I ran home.“ [On his first girlfriend].
• „We´re pretty much building our own soccer team. We´re going to create our own country, go to the World Cup, and dominate!“ [About his children with Angelina Jolie].
• „We´re telling more about not behaving as a spectator, … More the point of the story is to get in and get involved.“
• „What would you say to a friend who brought you this objection to God?“
• „When I was sitting there in my little backyard, playing with my puppy or whatever, eating Twinkies and drinking Kool-Aid, I´d dream of fame….Then you get out here and you just want to be good.“
• „When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It´s just a first impression. Then there´s someone who doesn´t catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren´t what you would call beautiful sex symbols. I´ll tell you who my favorite actress is, Dianne Wiest, and you wouldn´t call her a sex symbol. Dianne Wiest is, to me, the most beautiful woman on the screen.“
• „You go first, though.“
• „You know, I telephoned my grandparents the other day, and my grandfather said to me, ´We saw your movie.´ ´Which one?´ I said, and he shouted, ´Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn´t like?´ I thought that was just classic. I mean, if that doesn´t keep your feet on the ground, what would?“ [On what keeps him humble].
• „You know, what´s great about this celebrity thing is you learn that nothing´s personal. People like you, they don´t like you, they say what they want to say. And really most of it has nothing to do with you-just what you represent in their eyes. What can you do? Nothing. So why worry about it?“
• „You must lose everything in order to gain anything.“
• „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 f—ing 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.“ [Time magazine, October 13, 1997].
• „Your ideas of love change. I mean, you thought you were in love when you had a little girlfriend in sixth grade. You thought that was it. Now you understand what´s important for you, what´s important for the team, what´s important for her as you get to know her.“