Quotes from Angelina Jolie

I probably wouldn't have made it this far if I were a refugee.

When I was little... I didn't relate to princesses. I saw Maleficent, and I just thought she was so - she was so elegant.

Every three months, I'll say, 'Honey, I think I should learn how to cook'.

I'm not somebody that just wants to hold up a white flag and say, 'Let's all just get along.' I think people that do horrible things should be held accountable.

There are many things I do where the centre of it is... It's almost more my humanitarian work than art.

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn't. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and humanitarian issues.

I don't like perfumes that are too strong or sweet. I like a fragrance that is earthy and sensual and can be worn at any time.

I was very worried about my mother, growing up - a lot. I do not want my children to be worried about me.

You just don't know when you get in the editing room what you will need as a link or a tool for a transition. If you're in a room, and there's a kettle boiling, get a shot of it. Don't worry if people think you're nuts.

For me, there have been times when an action movie, even a 'Tomb Raider,' has helped me get out of myself and be physical again. It's like therapy.

If something inconveniences my children too much or takes me away from them, I won't do it.

The center of my life is my kids, I woke up at 3 in the morning with four kids with jet lag and two babies. I put myself together for a few hours and go out. And then I go home. This is my job.

Love - is when you wish all the best to the people you love, when you put their interests and well-being above their own. Always.

People have two sides, a good side and a bad side, a past, a future. We must embrace both in someone we love.

When someone loves you, and when you make someone happy, you suddenly start to feel the most beautiful person in the world.

I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you're the person who takes them to go poop!

I don't let a lot of reporters meet my children.

Everything I do, I hope, is that I represent something, and I represent the right things to my children and give them the right sense of what they're capable of and the world as it should be seen.

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world.

My mother was a full-time mother. She didn't have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences... everything was for her children. I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate. She was the most generous, loving - she's better than me.

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.