Get into something that's really personal that means something to you, where you have something to say and is something really individualized. I wish I was more aware of that when I started my career instead of doing a few things I was told would be good for me. And they weren't, because it left me empty, so I didn't do a good job anyways. I think that's what's key to what we do: It's got to be personal.

Brad Pitt

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I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would b... by Brad Pitt

I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.

goal would-be thinking

In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.

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You must lose everything in order to gain anything. by Brad Pitt

You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

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Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops yo... by Brad Pitt

Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops you from growing.

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You make yourself what you are. You have control of your own des... by Brad Pitt

You make yourself what you are. You have control of your own destiny.

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I'm not a big proponent of happiness. I think it's highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There's so much value in that. You can't have one without the other.

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The best moments can't be preconceived. I've spent a lot of time in editing rooms, and a scene can be technically perfect, with perfect delivery and facial expression and timing, and you remember all your lines, and it is dead.

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Gay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.

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Most of the time is with the family. Most of the time, is all the time. When we work it's a very intensive chunk of time. We work for 12 hours a day, 14 hours a day is common. And we'll do that for a few months and then we get to relax a little bit.

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Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.

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There's no right. There's no wrong. There's only popular opinion. by Brad Pitt

There's no right. There's no wrong. There's only popular opinion.

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Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construc... by Brad Pitt

Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.

construction-workers girl past

Do you know how you tell real love? It's when someone else's inte... by Brad Pitt

Do you know how you tell real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own.

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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.

makeup men thinking

I've always believed happiness is overrated, you know? It’s those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it’s a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses.

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The things you own end up owning you. by Brad Pitt

The things you own end up owning you.

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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.

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I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there, until then there's no point thinking about it.

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I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the tr... by Brad Pitt

I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth.

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I was very curious about the world even at a young age, and I don't know at what point I became aware that other cultures believed in different religions, and my question was, 'Well, why don't they get to go to heaven then?' And the answer was always, 'Well, everyone gets a chance - meaning at the word of God as it was described to me then. And that didn't sit well with me then. But in times of trouble or discord, it's a great comfort. And it wasn't till I left home that I really came to the conclusion that it didn't make sense to me for many other reasons.

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