Angelina Jolie reflects on her ‘fighting spirit’ after Brad Pitt divorce
‘Maleficent’ actress almost retired from acting before her marriage to ‘Troy’ star
Angelina Jolie recently opened up about her fighting spirit following her divorce from Brad Pitt in 2016.
The Maleficent actress shared that she had “kind of quit acting” before her divorce in an exclusive interview with Variety.
“I was focusing on directing, and I thought I’d be doing my international work,” explained the Oscar winner.
Interestingly, the Wanted actress opened up that she stopped from acting for a while as she required more time away from her six children.
“Suddenly, the only way to be home more and for short periods of time being away or to make a good amount of money, was to go back to acting,” pointed out Angelina.
The Couture actress mentioned that she “was only taking things that were short or close by or I could take my children”.
Elsewhere in the interview, Angelina also discussed the emotional toll that her divorce from Brad had on her life.
“My fighting spirit is finally back,” stated the Salt actress.
However, Angelina pointed out that she “lost it for a bit and got kind of taken down a little bit and it’s coming back in large part” due to her children, who are now older.
“My kids are almost all 18, so now they want to see me travelling the world, they want me to get out and do things,” noted the Maria actress.
Meanwhile, Angelina added, “I think they’re very encouraging of me kind of getting back to aspects of myself that maybe I hadn’t felt as free to do.”
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