Angelina Jolie Quotes

You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.

I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older, you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me.

I feel like I've lived two or three completely different lives. At 33, I'm quite reflective and have the perspective you get in your old age when you have been through the losses of life.

I want to be known as someone who grew up a little.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.

I've changed my life in a lot of ways. I'm a mom, a wife, and a Christian. Some of the things I expressed in my early 20s aren't what I care to express right now.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.

I think, if you put a camera in anyone's life and document it daily from the age of 21 to 27, there are going to be things that aren't always pretty.

I think the beauty of growing up is not really knowing and figuring it out for yourself.

To me, at forty-four years old, my book was a search for truth and identity.

I lived my twenties in a very public manner and if anyone's twenties are documented it's not always going to be pretty.

Between 21-30 women go through humungous changes. After that, they've generally achieved what they wanted, and they're more settled.

This record for the first time - feels like a record that really represents my whole entire life and instead of just a period of my life. And it is really kind of eye opening and it makes me feel really good to hear this record and hear all the years.

You hear women talk about it all the time, like when you turn thirty, 'That's when it all came together for me, girl.' Honestly, that's what I feel.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

You grow up and share life experiences. That's one of the best parts of this business. You share how you're mellowing out and your new sense of self.

Really you don't need more information. If you've lived twenty years, you probably have enough material for the rest of your life

The older you get, you always learn more. Sometimes it's a process of learning about yourself and what your journey is. Sometimes the process moves forward at a rapid pace in a short amount of time - or moves backwards. And you're like, "Man, I thought I had made so much progress, and now all of a sudden, I'm 10 steps further behind than when I started."