Brad Pitt “doesn’t think he’ll be able to hold out” on marrying Angelina

Brad Pitt covers the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter, and this might be one of his best photo shoots in a long time. His scruff is contained, he looks clean and sober and dear God, the man can wear the hell out of a blue shirt. Much like Brad’s Parade Magazine interview last year, Brad spends some time talking about how depressed he was when he was married to Jennifer Aniston, only this time he doesn’t get so timeline-specific. Brad also discusses how he and Angelina will probably get married someday soon, and how they’ll probably have more kids too. You can read the full THR interview here, and here are some highlights:

On fame and art: “I’ve always been at war with myself, for right or wrong,” he admits. “I don’t know how to explain it more. There’s that constant argument going on in your head about this or that. It’s universal. Some people are better at dealing with it, and they sleep with no pain — not pain, arguments. I’ve grown quite comfortable with being at war.”

On politics: Jodi Kantor’s new book The Obamas describes Pitt as “awkward” in a meeting with the president. “I probably was — you don’t want to impose on a busy man,” he says. But, he’s more interested in Obama himself, particularly whether the commander in chief has stopped smoking, as Pitt would dearly like to do. While backing Obama, he nonetheless was glued to the Republican debate Jan. 19. “I’m an Obama supporter, no question,” he says. “But it doesn’t mean there’s nothing to learn from the other side.”

On religion: All his life, Pitt has learned from the other side. That’s what led him to make a leap of non-faith when he rejected his Southern Baptist upbringing. “I grew up very religious, and I don’t have a great relationship with religion,” he reflects. “I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.” Pitt says differences over religion make his parents, William and Jane, “sad, but I have parents that love me unconditionally.”

He was a depressed pothead in the 1990s: While Pitt’s star ascended with 1992’s A River Runs Through It, 1994’s Legends of the Fall and 1995’s Seven, his personal life declined, even following his 2000 marriage to Aniston. “I got really sick of myself at the end of the 1990s: I was hiding out from the celebrity thing; I was smoking way too much dope; I was sitting on the couch and just turning into a doughnut; and I really got irritated with myself,” he says. “I got to: ‘What’s the point? I know better than this.’ ” Pitt wrestled with dark thoughts: “I used to deal with depression, but I don’t now, not this decade — maybe last decade. But that’s also figuring out who you are. I see it as a great education, as one of the seasons or a semester: ‘This semester I was majoring in depression.’ I was doing the same thing every night and numbing myself to sleep — the same routine: Couldn’t wait to get home and hide out. But that feeling of unease was growing and one night I just said, ‘This is a waste.’ ”

He stopped smoking pot when? A trip to Casablanca, Morocco, in the mid-to-late 1990s, “where I saw poverty to an extreme I had never witnessed before, and we talked about inequality and health care, and I saw just what I felt was so unnecessary, that people should have to survive in these circumstances — and the children were inflicted with a lot of deformities, and things that could have been avoided had become their sentence. It stuck with me.” Almost overnight, he decided something had to give. “I just quit. I stopped grass then — I mean, pretty much — and decided to get off the couch.”

He started helping people before he met Angelina: “I sought out Bono and sat down with him a few times and got involved in some of the stuff he was doing. But it all started before that. It started with private acts,” which he doesn’t define. Inevitably this led him to Jolie, with whom he starred in 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith. While the tabloids gloat about her effect on Pitt, the two were drawn to each other by corresponding concerns. “That may have been one of the things that brought us together,” Pitt reasons. “Certainly, I’ve met very few people more dedicated than she is. She is always studying issues, daily. She has such compassion for the people she works with.”

He wants to marry Angelina: He oscillates, too, on the subject of whether he’ll get married, and it’s clear Pitt has shifted from his promise that this won’t happen until gay marriage is legalized. “We’d actually like to,” he says of his seven-year partner, Jolie, “and it seems to mean more and more to our kids. We made this declaration some time ago that we weren’t going to do it till everyone can. But I don’t think we’ll be able to hold out. It means so much to my kids, and they ask a lot. And it means something to me, too, to make that kind of commitment.” Has he asked Jolie to marry him? “I’m not going to go any further,” says Pitt. “But to be in love with someone and be raising a family with someone and want to make that commitment and not be able to is ludicrous, just ludicrous.”

The Jolie-Pitt kids have stolen his cane: Having children, he says, has been “the most grounding thing.” Would he have more? “We haven’t closed the book on it. There’s a really nice balance in the house right now, but if we see the need and get that lightning bolt that says, ‘We can help this person; we could do something here,’ then absolutely.” It was while carrying Vivienne — one of his children, many adopted, whose ages range from 3 to 10 — that Pitt fell and hurt his knee, causing him to walk with the cane his friend George Clooney spoofed during the Golden Globes. It wasn’t a skiing accident, contrary to reports. “I think George went down the line, making things up,” Pitt laughs. “I was just walking in our backyard, on a hill, carrying my daughter, and I slipped — and it was those parental instincts: me or her. And she’s fine.” The cane is nowhere to be seen today, and he jokes about how his children kept stealing it until he gave them canes of their own.

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

I’m just including the tabloid-y highlights, obviously, but if you like Brad and/or you liked Moneyball, you should totally read the full piece, because there’s a fascinating backstory as to how Brad personally shepherded that film into existence, and how he was the most hands-on producer ever. I found that very interesting, and it makes sense – part of the reason I loved Brad’s performance in Moneyball was because it felt like a “lived in” character for Brad – and he actually had been living and breathing the project for years. Sigh… I really hope he wins the Oscar.

Photos courtesy of THR.

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  1. nemera says:

    This was a great interview.

    I hope they do get married. People can change their minds. Don’t have to feel you can’t because of what others will say.

    I think if they do it will be private and we’ll get an announcement.

    (by the way.. He looks so good in that photoshoot and the video interview. He looks and sounds very happy in his life)

  2. Bianca says:

    Great interview, sexy guy, cool pics!
    All good!

    • Capella says:

      Making me a Brad fan all over again! He is obviously trying to sell it, but that guy does not sell it bland.

      He injects a lot of honesty and self-deprecation in it. Which I admire very much. Makes him relatable, not plastic-y or wearing a sleek veneer like George C.

  3. Sienna says:

    This blog is making me love them even though I felt kinda ‘meh’ about them before. So cute!

    • P says:

      I’m starting to like them much more now as well. It seems to me Brad is right where he always wanted to be and I’m happy for this.

  4. Sakyiwaa says:

    Just do it, BP! Gorgeous man!

  5. Kelly says:

    I so want him to win the oscar!
    And Brad is still sooooo HOT!

  6. atlantapug says:

    Oooh, ooooh, over here!! I was into charity too….. it’s not all Angelina!!!

    Pthththhhh!

    Anyway, so tired of these 2. At least he looks semi-clean. Still don’t like the long hair though.

  7. sami says:

    If he stopped smokeing pot in the mid 90s . how was he still a pot head when he was married ??? I wish him and angie all the happieness , also the family . they seem good together . He seens to have grow into the mAn he should be , Married or not wish much joy on him .

    • neelyo says:

      Look at his quote closely about quitting pot:

      “I just quit. I stopped grass then — I mean, pretty much — and decided to get off the couch.”

      In other words, he didn’t stop completely, just ‘pretty much’. I appreciate that so much more than stars claiming they’re clean when they’re not.

      • mln76 says:

        That’s what happens to the majority of pot heads I’ve known. Eventually they stop smoking everyday and cut back to special occasions etc.

      • Pop Rocks says:

        He’s lying about the pot. He basically claims that he quit smoking pot in the late 90’s which is basically as he met Aniston, but in many other interviews and what everyone knows about him, he was a huge pothead while married to Aniston. Plus, Quentin Tarantino talked extensively about what a huge hash stash Brad had in the south of France in 2008.

        As for the marriage thing, they trot that out every time they have something to promote. If the kids want them married so badly or he and Angie can’t wait anymore, what’s stopping them? Why didn’t they quietly get married already? Why string this along?

        I used to have such love for this man, but I just think it’s a lot of game playing and deception. And lots and lots of marketing of the family and the relationship. It’s all a brand at this point. No, hey, this part of my life is private, my kids are off limits, nothing like that.
        Just full blown, let me talk about every detail, let me publish private photos of the kids at home, Angie taking a shower, let me talk extensively about our sex lives, every one of our kids personal habits.

        And while I’m at it, let me just shift the timeline of everything so it appears that I did or didn’t do something that might cause trouble for me or make me appear a certain way. I mean he’s shifted his pothead days by at least five years now. God knows how much timeline shifting went with the start of their relationship. Also, if this trip to Morocco in the late 90’s and being confronted by poverty changed his life so much why did it take him another 5 or 6 years to start helping people who are impoverished?

      • mln76 says:

        @PopRocks but he didn’t say he stopped completely just PRETTY MUCH. He parties on occasion but has cut back to his peak in the 90’s READING COMPREHENSION is great 😉

      • Pop Rocks says:

        @ Min76. Reading comprehension is great so perhaps you’d like to explain how he started caring about the poor in the late 90’s, but didn’t start helping them until 2005.

        Also, it was just a few months ago that he claimed to sit on the couch all day getting high while he was married to Aniston. Now he claims he totally cut down BEFORE they got married. None of this adds up. Even for a die hard fan like you, this is hard to explain away so I guess mocking people like me who are confused by this shifting timeline is the only way for you to go.

      • mln76 says:

        Try reading the full article and not just the excerpts.
        The trip to Morocco isn’t what caused him to stop smoking pot. The article states that two trips one to the then Yugoslavia in 1988 and one to Morocco had an affect on him.

        He makes it clear that the depression continued into the early 2000s the same time of his marriage:

        Pitt wrestled with dark thoughts: “I used to deal with depression, but I don’t now, not this decade — maybe last decade.
        http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brad-pitt-oscar-nomination-moneyball-tree-life-angelina-jolie-284635?page=3

      • Pop Rocks says:

        @min76 You still haven’t answered my question as to why it took him another FIVE YEARS to start helping people after he was confronted with this awful poverty. FIVE YEARS!!!!

        As for the pot smoking that’s crap too. There have been many photos of him in the last few years where he looks high out of his mind. D-Listed had a great one just two weeks ago. And people who hardly ever smoke don’t have giant rocks of hash in their possession so Tarantino’s claim about him whipping out a giant hash stash in 2008 seem like a much more accurate reality of who Brad is than the one Brad is pushing now.

        Like I said in my original post Brad’s new timeline just doesn’t add up. FIVE YEARS to start helping people he noticed in the late 90’s. Get real.

      • mln76 says:

        You should read the whole article. He talks plenty about his progression into charity work. I have a feeling you’d rather spend time with your exclamation points and bitterness that he left a certain someone. But let me tell you this the people in NOLA aren’t saying why did you wait to start on this they are just grateful that he helped them to rebuild their homes.

      • Pop Rocks says:

        This isn’t about Aniston. This is about the fact that he has shifted the entire timeline of his life by half a decade. Why is it that whenever anyone criticizes Pitt or calls out something so obvious as shifting the timeline of his entire life that it always has to come back to his ex wife? Aniston is always the fall-back excuse for anything shifty the man does. That marriage ended ages ago. This interview came out today.

        Btw, you should read Laineygossip today. Even she thinks this Oscar campaigning of his is ridiculous. And she’s a fan of his. She had quite a lot to say about how he dangles the marriage thing when it’s convenient for him and how they endlessly market the Brangelina Brand. Sometimes it’s OK to step back and say, you know I like this guy, but these claims of his are BS and this is all about PR. You don’t always have to defend everything he does and blame it on his ex wife or her fans. This Oscar campaign, the million misleading interviews he’s done in the past few months and the shameless marketing of his children and relationship have nothing to do with Aniston or her fans.

      • mln76 says:

        First off look at any of my comments and tell me where I said he wasn’t Oscar campaigning???
        Second he didn’t change any timeline, as I said over and over again what he said in the interview is different than how the excerpts where put together.

      • Emma - the JP lover says:

        @Pop Rocks …

        Brad Pitt became a man ‘of’ the world, not just ‘in’ the world after he made “Seven Years in Tibet” in 1997. He started seeking out other celebrities who were charitible minded (like Bono) and began bringing them into his life.

        Brad and Angie were truly blessed to find each other when they did.

      • NM6804 says:

        Pop rocks…you rock! You said everything I wanted to say and then some! People follow his life and career all the time but stating the obvious (like you did) probably hurts too much to admit. You take one quote and compare it to another. You come up with: a lie! It’s as clear as day.

        I’ve been mentionining the smoking of his better half here and some people want pics and/or vids. Look at Pitt (the smoking and pot smoking), as if Jolie just quietly sips tea while studying issues. She does it as well, she nor their children “cured his vices” and it didn’t cure her either. People tweeted about it, various outlets wrote about it yet the fans, make that stans, refuse to believe that she smokes because that would mean they lie and the image they try to portray is false and you just pointed out quite perfectly! That’s all.

      • mln76 says:

        @NM6804-I am a hard core Brangeloonie (DUH) but I don’t doubt that Angie was smoking a cig SO WHAT. Were her children there? Is she currently pregnant? NOPE So what’s the problem! A lot of smokers quit-start smoking again or have a puff of a cigarette on certain occasions,it’s an unfortunate habit. The same happened to Aniston who several times over the years has talked about quitting but occasionally has been photographed smoking and just this fall says she quit is she a horrible person because she lied NOPE she’s just a human being with a nasty habit. Everyday I thank the lord I never wasted my time, money and health on it. But as long as it’s legal and as long as it’s kept away from me and my space I sincerely don’t give a flying f—k what anyone else does. As for the pot smoking he doesn’t say he’s never touched it again he says he’s ‘pretty much’ stopped so I don’t even know what you are trying to get at. BTW I know pot smokers that keep a stash at home but only smoke on occasion.

      • OLLAALA says:

        You people should stop to care sooooo much about what he say. get a life!
        you discuss very serious about this interview. dont you feel a bit ridiculous? i mean, is this really soooo important??
        i dont understand it ! he made an interview, nice and next. it not healthy to care so much about hollywoodstars, analyzing what they do or say, come on, let it be. who cares?

      • NM6804 says:

        Mln76

        What does Aniston have to do with this?! Can’t you (or any stan) discuss Pitt without dragging his ex into this? It’s telling.

        I don’t know who needed proof for the smoking, I can’t give it anyway but it’s clear it happened and some try to deny it.

        And whoever said they’re horrible for smoking? I don’t care! I’m a non-smoker too but respect everybody’s stance and actions on that and I know it’s hard to quit (if I had a dollar for everytime one of my friends quit and started again, I would be frackin’ rich). The issue here is: Pitt is a liar and so is Jolie. Don’t make me dig up all their quotes about quitting the smokes and dragging “we did it for the children” in it. They continue this false imagine of parents who completely changed and quit their bad vices to sell and I for one, don’t buy that. It’s too obvious. If you do it so publically then don’t expect people to not call you out on it.

        You say it ‘s human and I know it is human too but the fact they both try to act (and hide) as if they’re “above such a nasty habit” makes me think they believe their own hype. If it makes them human, why not admit it? Because the fantasy of the royal couple would be destroyed? They’re so uptight about their image it’s off-putting to me. Sorry, I’m not delusional and kissing their ass all the time and defending lies. I love them but it’s not blinding me to a point where I don’t see they’re a bunch of sell-outs who will stop at nothing to keep their image alive.
        I don’t know what you’re trying to get at really. Pitt is a stoner and a lies about it (pop rocks really REALLY said it all, quite clear and coherent with on point remarks!). Voilà, big deal, this is good gossip just like any other story.

    • Wendy says:

      I often have the impression that Pitt does the Jesuit thing and tells the truth in such a way that you make wrong assumptions about what he’s saying. He probably did quit smoking pot in the late nineties. And took up smoking hash instead.

      • Sakyiwaa says:

        Hash and Pot are different.

        @Pop rocks, Just like the ‘skiing accident’ thing, Brad’s words have always been and will forever be misinterpreted, not that he gives a fcuk, but it has occurred to ME that PRETTY MUCH doesn’t mean ENTIRELY. I believe his charity work was before 2005. Something with Cloöney, Damon and Cheadle, that was pretty public. He’s not flubbing his timelines, he’s being ‘general’. We all remember what happened when he got SPECIFIC WITH TIMELINES without even mentioning names… The magical name of his ex-wife popped up everywhere. U can carry on with your dislike of him, but don’t make a habit of trying to demonize him for the least imperfection…

        @NM, as a fan. I don’t mind the ‘Angie smokes’. I could tell she was very nervous @ the GGs…

      • Wendy says:

        I know that hash and pot are different. That’s entirely my point. “I gave up smoking pot”. Why, yes you did… But what you didn’t say was that you took up smoking hash instead.

  8. Mia says:

    Brad is the boss!
    A man of power in hollywood!

  9. brenna says:

    A fairly good interview… I was a little offended when he was saying how inarticulate he was… that he had the “vocabulary of a public school education.” He and Angelina are both self-made multimillionaires and products of public education… not to mention his mother was a guidance counselor. That was in poor taste…

    • mln76 says:

      yeah but we all know the state of our public schools. NOT GREAT.

    • Katherine says:

      The man finished 4 years of college – it seems clear to me from that sentence about public school vocabulary and 8th grade grammar that he was referring to the fact that he doesn’t think he comes off as well as someone with the benefit of a college education should.

      He also talks in the interview about starting to do things for others privately before he ever started meeting and getting involved with Bono. I remember a very large donation Brad made to his old school back in the late 90s. It made me think at the time that perhaps he had more substance to him than his public persona revealed.

      People will pick pick pick to find something to interpret or misinterpret in a way that allows them to criticize him or call him a liar. People rarely speak precisely in real life. They’re not under oath. They make generalizations. They use shorthand and assume you know what they mean. They refer to decades or other phases in their lives rather than exact dates. The article also says he went to Morocco in the mid to late 90s. Well, is he saying he was there for 4 years? Of course not.

      How does anyone know when he stopped smoking pot? So what that he gave Tarantino some – it doesn’t mean it was even Brad’s to smoke. It could have been the gardener’s for all anyone knows. Wat makes you think he gave Tarantino the exact details of where it came from? All he knew was that Brad gave him a brick. It’s not like he took him to the store or some corner pot market. Please spare yourself future embarrassment by ceasing to offer up paparazzi photos of someone as PROOF they you can tell they’ve been smoking or are on drugs.

      It’s obvious that Brad’s realization and change to a more productive and meaningful life was an evolving thing. How in the hell does one put an exact date on it? Why is that even necessary? What are some of you trying to prove anyway?

      Everyone talks about their personal lives. Everyone. I remember all the talk about how wonderful Johnny Depp and Vanessa were about their ability to keep their children private ( as opposed to you know who ) when nothing could have been further from the truth. Anyone if they try can find tons of paparazzi photos of those kids and even videos of their private lives as well as very intimate pictures that Johnny and Vanessa obviously released to the public. There’s a lovely video after their kids are born when Vanessa is being interviewed for French TV and it is ALL about her personal relationship with Johnny and the kids. It’s sweet but very, very personal.

      ALL celebrities and actors are asked questions about their private lives when they are on their junkets or promotional duties for films or other work. The only difference with Pitt and Jolie is that there is just so much more interest in them. Evidenced by all these people who laughingly claim to be sick of them or wish they’d go away being unable to stay away from threads about them and taking the time to converse about them. All I know is when I’m not interested in someone I cannot even be bothered to read an article let alone waste my time commenting and responding to others about the person.

      It’s a really interesting interview. Of course it puts out the hope of all the fanatics who have imagined crazy things about this couple – even as crazy as thinking one of the most powerful men in the world isn’t exactly where he wants to be and living with the woman he wants to spend his life with.

      Most of these publications and the rest of the media and the industry in general are professionals and in it to make money so they know all too well who the public wants to see and hear about. They are constantly taking stock of the public’s interest. They know who to put on their mags and in their articles to feed the public what they want. If they were overexposed as their naysayers want you to believe they’d be left alone and no one would want their photos let alone be clamoring to interview them and put them on covers.

  10. Natalie says:

    “I think we’ll get married” = Obvious Oscar Ploy.

  11. lss says:

    So hope he wins too. I saw the Clooney movie last night and kept thinking how wooden and unbelievable he seemed as a father/husband. Pitt in Moneyball (and Tree of Life) was incredible.

    • autumndaze says:

      Wow. Thank you. I thought I was the only one.
      Clooney was anything but convincing and I did not find his character endearing at all. Pitt’s performance was such that I was readily able to suspend disbelief and that is saying something when watching a well-known person in a role.

    • mln76 says:

      I agree I usually like Clooney but he didn’t pull off this role. I really don’t know why this movie is so overhyped.

    • Lucy says:

      ITA…I have been saying the same thing since I saw the Clooney movie…I never “bought” him as the father/husband…it was just George Clooney up on that screen…In Moneyball, Brad WAS Billy Beane….

  12. mln76 says:

    Wonderful interview. He deserves to win but we’ll just have to wait and see.

  13. lucy2 says:

    I haven’t seen his movie yet, but will in the next few weeks. I generally think he’s just OK as an actor, but he has had a few very good roles, and it sounds like this is one of them.
    I do have to say, I get a little tired of him rolling out the possible marriage and “I don’t believe in God!” comments every time he has something to promote or campaign for. He knows that will get a LOT of attention, and I just don’t care for people using their personal lives to promote. He’s certainly not the only one to do it, most do, but he does do it.

    • SHump76 says:

      That’s funny. I guess I don’t read a lot of his interviews, I’ve never known that he considered himself agnostic/atheist before. I was happy to hear him say it, though. We need more good press.

      • lol123 says:

        AMEN.

        Although I’ll be much more excited when it’s a politician or public official saying it rather than a celebrity.

        The more likeable, compassionate people we have promoting atheism, the more the stigma will be broken.

  14. Sara says:

    This was so sweet. It always makes me smile when men love their kids and love their partners. It’s pretty heart warming. Not to mention he’s still hot.

  15. I enjoyed this interview, but celebrities always sound like they are whining to me. The should be the happiest people in the world, but that is Never the case.

  16. watchingyoubitchh says:

    He looks hot and the interview is revealing at least about moneyball because we all know they will marry.

  17. Toot says:

    Brad is so hot in these pics. My favorite is the one of him sitting in the chair. As for the article, it was good too.

    I love the way he talks about Angelina.

  18. Naye in VA says:

    Im a Jen fan more so that AJ, but i have to admit that there is something beautiful in the way that two similar hearts can come together like Brad and AJ. Love like that is beautiful especially when it radiates to other people. i do hope they get married

    • Franny says:

      That was a really beautiful way of putting it.

    • Cecila says:

      I don’t think anything long term can come from how they started they started out with lies. If ur depressed tell ur spouse if I want things to be different in a relationship tell ur spouse don’t go and have a affair and lie about it conceive a baby then tell ur wife. Just saying how can Angie be so great when she’s done this twice Brad and Billy Bob

      • teri says:

        Not sure where you get your info, tabloids maybe? Seems when one reads those magazines they run with it as factual when it’s all made up. Brad and Jen went to counseling for a couple years. I think he’s a fine man who held out and finally left then ran to Angelina. I’m sure they had great chemistry on set but that doesn’t mean either cheated sexually. Billy Bob had the responsibility to be honest to Dern, didn’t she split BBT and his wife up to be with him?

      • Mari says:

        Ceclia, that is just your opinion, but there are examples everywhere for the opposite. There are marriages that should be OK and sink after a year, and then an unlikely couple comes and not only lasts , but it is happy.
        Paul Newman wasmvery married and I think Joanne Woodward was engaged when they fell in love. Sophia Loren and her husband… There was no divorce in Italy, it was such a scandal! And you saw how those couples lasted for life…there are some more contemporary examples, but I will leave it at that.

  19. Marcus says:

    Old man is really desperate for some serious award. And he still pretends that is above it.

  20. Sue says:

    Sorry, don’t see the attraction……. And am I the only person sick of the “we want to marry” thing. Either do it or shut up…. How many years can they drag this out and still get attention from it… Obviously quite a few, because there it is. Wow, I could go on and on. Guess I am not a Brad Pitt fan, note to self – do not click on BP articles…….. Moving on……

    • patw says:

      i don’t get it why he say he ‘wants to make the commitment’ – as if marrying demonstrates that you are serious about the commitment… for both of them it hasn’t worked that way in the past. Such an odd statement.

  21. Raven Sparrow says:

    So basically
    Angelina : was into drugs, life had no meaning, travelled to poor country, changed her life.
    Brad: was into pot, life had no meaning, travelled to poor country , changed his life.
    How original! He has morphing issues.

    And I really wish they’d stop talking about getting married and just do it already! No one’s stopping them! Boy he really wants that Oscar.

    I like them, not loonie-like, just normal-like but they are becoming tiring.

    • Deltona lakes says:

      Please tell me what does talking about getting married have to do with winning an Oscar? Do you have to get married or want to get married to win an 0scar in 2012?

  22. c w says:

    he was awkward meeting obama bc he’s a dolt who barely got out of high school then to make matter worse, he has smoked so much weed, he disintegrated all his synapses!

    • truthSF says:

      He was just two credit shy of graduating college before he up and quite to move to hollywood.

      • gigi says:

        And his major was journalism or communication, I think? He’s not stupid, I think he likes to downplay the smarts because he likes being underestimated (better to make an impact when he does something substantial).

    • Pia says:

      Sure shows how much you know about weed….

  23. Asli says:

    I get the oscillating part. I’m the same way. Sometimes agnostic, sometimes atheist. Mostly I do believe in a God, just not the same as everyone elses.

  24. The Truth Fairy says:

    I was never that into him before, but as he ages he is growing on me. I think he looks hotter the older he gets.

  25. Bellebeesting says:

    Photoshopped photos. Wordsmithed interview. And when I see moneyball previews, I am too distracted by tabloid king Brad Pitt and his usual mouth-full- of-marbles to believe in the character.

  26. Kasey says:

    I just saw the headline for this over at The Mail and wondered when (not if) you’d be covering it. To be truthful, I think marriage -a commitment to stay together for better or worse, ’til death do us part, IN SPITE OF possibly losing out financially and how it has been trivialized and dishonored means a lot.

    In fact, I’m starting to think it means even more to me now to want to be with someone who’ll choose that “risk” to publicly and legally commit to marriage now that it’s been made to seem trivial and unwise and so much easier and acceptable to just get away with saying “Marriages aren’t sticking these days, I’m with you now aren’t I? We have kids and look like a family don’t we? That’s a commitment isn’t it? If it ain’t broke what’s to be fixed?”

    Now do I think THEY’LL get married? Not so sure. My first thought was, “oh no! It’s THEM! They’ll be the third split this year. Isnt that what happens when George’s girls start talking marriage-they split. AJ is gonna serve him his walking papers!”. But they’re NOT Clooney. And the fact that they’ve both been married before and the solidifying effect of kids (who are strangely petitioning for their parents to marry?) wonder if they’re realizing that they feel that intensely about their love for each other and they’re family unit that they’re willing to risk all the reasons our culture is telling us marriage is an unnecessary risk. It remains to be seen.

  27. teri says:

    Liked the interview, Brad seems like a great guy. Everybody deserves to be happy and feel loved.

  28. Raven Sparrow says:

    There’s something I didn’t get , while meeting with Obama he was more interested in knowing if Obama was still smoking or not? That was more important then say…politics or views about foreign aid or something? Really????

    I hope I miss understood that one.

  29. hstl1 says:

    He killed it for me when he said that he talked to Bono, UGH. I actually have a little quote on my wall where Bono talks about being around Al Gore. He says,” Father Al, I am a noise-polluting, diesel-soaking, Gulfstream-flying rock star”. A quote that could easily be applied to BP and AJ. The Mother Theresa image only goes so far.

    • Summer says:

      I LOVE that! I rolled my eyes at the mention of Bono… Sanctimonious clown who needs to stick to singing.

  30. maemay says:

    Unless he has already proposed, i don’t get the point of wagging the golden marriage carrot around, seems rather cruel to speculate about something that means so much to his kids and Angie unless he is already engaged. Why pontificate about something so personal and so important to your kids if you are’nt already married or engaged.

    So I conclude that Brad is already engaged and just waving the marriage carrot for publicity because otherwise it would be cruel to his children.

    • Katherine says:

      Oh, I think he “proposed” to her or was ready to marry her the second he was legally able to marry her somewhere around Oct 5, 2005. I have never believed it has been Brad not wanting to get married. He may not want to pressure her so he’s going along with her but he’d do it in a second. She’s the one with 2 past marriages. My sister had 2 bad marriages until she met her last wonderful husband who was perfect for her and stood by her through her darkest days battling cancer. But it took my sister 10 years of being with him to want a THIRD marriage. So I get Angelina’s initial reluctance. I get it.

      Sooo I think with this recent talk and the more the kids get exposed to other weddings we may be seeing a wedding in the near future . . . maybe. LOL!

  31. olivia says:

    My take on the marriage issue with them is that 1) they pull it out to dangle in front of reporters to garner interest when promoting themselves or a project, and 2) I think they are holding out and keeping it in their back pockets in the event they need it to create positive buzz. What I mean by that is, I think they know how the media treats any marriage and how much good press their marriage would bring them. Obviously it can’t mean much to either of them or they would have already done it. So, given that, I wonder if they simply have kept it in their back pocket for the day when they either need it for publicity (because they and the kids aren’t enough anymore).

    • maemay says:

      I did not want to believe that they would stoop to using marriage as a publicity ploy, but after this interview it just seems like its the Brangelina golden carrot. Why play games with something so personal. Just shut up and do it.

      I personally believe they are engaged because again why play around with the possibility. Brad just told us he is engaged, thats what I got out of this.

    • Deltona lakes says:

      They may already be married, Angie last tattoo brad’s birthplace Shawnee, OK or the courthouse there? Neither flinch when reporters refer to them as husband and wife.
      Quite honestly I never thought it was a justice issue with them I’ve always thought brad got tired of reporters asking him when were they getting married and threw that out there.
      Angie’s response was always we are committed to each other and our children. It’s like we are already married
      It doesn’t really matter if they are or not . They love each other and their kids. I just love this family!

    • NotaBitterBetty says:

      They keep getting asked about it. If they decline to answer you can bet the naysayers will be out in full force proclaiming trouble in paradise. Why is it such a problem for some people?

  32. Rose says:

    I LOVE it when people whinge about how ‘over it’ they are about Pitt or Jolie, then read every line of every interview and comment on them.

  33. emb says:

    Loved Moneyball…he was awesome and I do hope he wins. Clooney was fantastic, too. Rooting for Pitt.

  34. lisa says:

    I didn’t know the Oscars cared about who is married or not. There is a large number of people that think they are already married. So whatever.

    He can change his mind. Angie did about having children and he is about marriage. Things change when you get older.

    I get romantic about them. I like how they talk about each other. both were married before and it failed. Just like 60% of the couples in the world. they have 6 children and seem very committed to each other. Traveling together. supporting the other when he/she is working. not many couples do that. It’s hard when you are such big stars. They have lasted longer than most people thought. So maybe this for them is the next step.. beyond the obvious one of being parents together.

    I too hope Brad wins. Saw Moneyball again and he was fantastic. Great performance. That last scene in the film mad me cry..

  35. Wendy says:

    “And it means something to me, too, to make that kind of commitment.”

    Well, THAT particular statement is going to disappoint all of the Superloons who keep trying to relegate Pitt’s first marriage as being a “merger for business reasons”.

    • patw says:

      Yeah I know – and hello? make a commitment? You did. And then you didn’t. So it’s clearly not marriage that makes you think you have a commitment.
      Just keep quiet and look pretty Brad. That’s what people want.

      And WHY are there still interviews? Both his movies were out in the summer/fall. Is this purely oscar campaigning? Just seems like so much overkill and gratuitous. Isn’t it a very small crowd that votes for the AA? Why would something like this work? And for all his griping about normalcy and fame, he sure shares quite a bit with the press…

    • mln76 says:

      He said the merger comment about his first marriage loons aren’t making that up. I never have thought that he didn’t think of marriage as a big deal but I think he got burned in his first marriage was miserable and has been reluctant to make the same mistake twice. Maybe at this point he’s ready to take the risk again.

      • Wendy says:

        I don’t think he ever said that it was a “merger” in the business sense, which is how it’s very often portrayed as. Merging your lives together, merging of the minds… Not a “business merger”, which is a vile attempt at negating the fact that he was married to Aniston for real. Because seriously… name me one A-lister whose marriage is a “business merger” unless that’s a euphemism for “need to look straight”.

        As for being “depressed”, personally I think that’s Brad-speak for “mid-life crisis”.

        Also, I don’t think he got burned at all. I think that Pitt is the kind of man (weak) that needs a woman who doesn’t let him get away with anything, calls him on it immediately and makes him be what she expects. Where as Aniston strikes me as the sort of person who doesn’t expect to have to look over her partner’s shoulder all the time to make sure he’s not getting up to something he shouldn’t and expects her man to be who he is. That’s probably one of the reasons that Jolie moves the whole family around everytime they need to go out of town, and also why Aniston didn’t feel the need to always be onsite when he was out of town.

      • mln76 says:

        He said something to the effect that it was a merger of two empires. So yes it did have those connotations. There are quite a few quotes from both of them which make it seem that neither one had a view of their marriage which would make it last in the long term. As for the idea that spending time apart is better that’s almost never the case. ESPECIALLY in Hollywood. I just was watching an interview with Tom Arnold and he said the same thing about his long ago celeb marriage it’s the absolute worst thing you can do in Hollywood doubly so if you have a whole mess of kids together. Now to be clear. I do think Brad loved Jen and vice versa. I just think they weren’t compatible I think that he got burned in the aftermath in that he’s been portrayed as a villain in his divorce and the media has attacked him for longer than he was actually married. He gets treated as if he’s Chris Brown or Jessie James and he’s no where near that.

      • Wendy says:

        As I said, a “business merger” done at A list level (and not at Kardashian need the attention level) is generally done for one reason and one reason only. Perhaps those connotations came from taking the comment out of context (maybe he meant movie A list + TV A list together as one megastar couple) unless you think that both of them are gay.

        I’ll admit to never having been a fan of Pitt. The guy does absolutely nothing for me and the only films that I’ve seen of his that I enjoyed his performances were those that Clooney was also in, because those two together tend to bring out better performances in Pitt.

        As for weak… the man is weak. It’s easy enough to see him morph into each of his partners over the years he’s been in the public eye. That’s not a commentary on his intelligence or morals. It’s a commentary on his strength of character and how “anchored” he is within himself. Juliette Lewis Pitt, Paltrow Pitt, Aniston Pitt, Jolie Pitt, none of these Pitt personas are the same since he seems to be a different Pitt with each woman. There’s no straight line that says who Pitt is, because he meanders into whatever his woman is.

      • Hamburglar says:

        Totally agree that Brad was burned by Aniston. I always felt sorry for Brad the way Aniston treated him. Aniston was also very needy, clingy and insecure where as Angelina doesn’t need to keep tabs on Brad the way Aniston did.

  36. TheOriginalVictoria says:

    People are always asking them about marriage and they always respond. Could it be a dangling carrot? Sure. I mean I love them and while I think they play the game less than most in Hollywood, I do believe they play the game all the same. They aren’t famewhorey about it as they only pop up when they are promoting which makes this all okay for me.

    Just watched Moneyball for the millionth time this week and I totally agree with CB about his performance. One of his best if not his best, though I still think he was great as Tristan in Legends.

    And everyone else, but Mo’Nique apparently (and really she didn’t have to because SHE WAS THE BEST THAT YEAR) everyone else campagins why shouldn’t he? Though I will say he doesn’t seem so try hard about it as other, which makes me like him even more.

    I believe he’s not “morphing”. I believe everything he says about being kind of lost and soulless because it was not until Troy, of all movies, that I started paying attention to Brad. I thought he was okay looking, but not hot the way people made him out to be. But he seemed kind of vapid and useless. I noticed a change in him (and not just because of his delicious ass in Troy) in the early aughts when he was married to HER. His interview became interesting where he talked about his love for architecture, his life experiences, and his mom and dad. It made me really like him.

    Tim and maturity can change people.

    • patw says:

      His movies came out MONTHS ago. This is campaigning overkill because he doesn’t really need to -everyone knows who he is. And it’s shameless. Especially for some one who apparently is not a ‘famewhore’ and is above it all. At least Clooney’s movies came out recently. I don’t Swinton playing this game, and nor did Leo. So sorry I don’t get your rationalization.

    • patw says:

      And while he was married to HER he also did Fight Club, Snatch, etc. Pretty good roles. So blaming it on some one else as your passive aggressive comment does implies you think he needs a steadying hand to guide him in life versus being his own man. Hence, the morphing comment continues to apply. Besides, he was not with HER in the mid to late 90s (I assume his wake up call happened at the end of that decade, i.e. when he met HER) – it was Paltrow. He married HER in July 2000.
      It’s not as if Jolie has made some earth shattering movies while with him – most of them are pretty mediocre. So don’t have any idea what you mean by this – I think it’s a function of having more money to produce his own movies, being older and acting in roles he wants to.

      • maemay says:

        True, Pitt has always done good movies, especially in the 90’s.

      • mln76 says:

        He didn’t do Fight Club while they were together but before they met. She attended the premiere that’s not the same thing. I’d also bet he agreed to do Snatch before they met (A-list stars usually sign on to films 1-2 years ahead of time). But the two decent films he churned out in the 7 years he was with her don’t compare with the films he’s done since leaving her.

      • TheOriginalVictoria says:

        Please don’t try to analyse anything I say because you will NEVER be right.

        I said HER, because unlike some people, I try to stay focused and no talk about HER in these types of non-related threads-and I on the rare occasion that I do venture into one of her threads, I try to give HER the same respect. I do not like HER. And saying her name makes me cringe. And, yes, I felt this way before Brangelina and before Brad.

        Brad has done, what two three interviews since Oscar season began? Compare that to Clooney being on everything and every where non-stop since last year, I do think he is campaigning, but it does not come across as extra try hard. IMO. You aren’t right and neither am I. It’s speculation.

        And lastly, I was not commenting on Brad’s career. I loved Snatch because I love Guy Ritchie’s films. I have never seen Fight Club because I hate bandwagony films and am prejudiced against them until years later; then I watch them. Fight Club just doesn’t interest me.

        I was commenting on HIM AS A PERSON and what my perception was of him, BEFORE and DURING his marriage. Noticed how I said, even with all his other noteworthy films pre HER, I never liked HIM! And any thread where I talk about these two you can see that I am not in love with Angie’s acting and have always stated that I felt Brad was just okay until Troy. That is when I started looking at his other films.

  37. Paloma says:

    He will end up backtracking his statement about marrying Angelina. That seems to be the pattern.

  38. Franny says:

    I loved reading that. He seems like a really nice man, who cares about the woman in his life, and adores his children. He has passion now, and I’m glad that he feels renewed. He is the kind of man I would like to have as a big brother, or as a best friend.

    • sharylmj says:

      I agree… he seems fulfilled and happy.
      I really like this family, those kids are going to know what’s happening and see both sides of the coin. Both parents are making sure the kids KNOW how fortunate they are and hopefully the kids will want to try and save people from cruelty and poverty and homelessness just like they do.

  39. grey says:

    Brad Pit as an actor (in terms of his actual acting abilities) is often overshadowed by his beauty. A lot of people look at him as this gorgeous movie star and think that as a pretty face that’s all he is. But obviously it’s not the case. As an actor he is very, very underrated and I think now that he is getting older and while still handsome, it’s not as blinding as it was when he younger.

  40. Julie says:

    So interesting his view on politics. Mine mirror his to a tee. And funny thing, I have wondered if Obama has quit smoking and I want to as well. So, if he can’t hold out for Angelina, since we obviously have so much in common, he needs to find ME.

  41. serena says:

    Sweet.
    I really like him, I’m crossing fingers hoping he wins the Oscar!

  42. Zelda says:

    What a great interview.

    Everything except the seeking out Bono part. Bono is the worst.

    But he comes across as really intelligent and thoughtful. And I usually find interviews like that to be basically linguistic blowjobs on the part of the editors. I like this one, though.

  43. Maritza says:

    I like that he is does many charity stuff but I don’t like that he is an atheist, that ruins it for me. Hope they do get married, it’s about time they do.

  44. Kara Ann says:

    I don’t know if Brad realizes it but no one is stopping them from getting married. If he’d “like to” then, hey, here’s an idea, do it! If it’s AJ that doesn’t want to marry then, out of respect for her wishes, stop talking about it.
    Honestly, I don’t think that either one give’s a rat’s butt about getting married. Neither of their marital relationships worked out and this non-marital union seems to keep them happy.
    Meh, I guess I’m just tired of hearing that particular “will they or won’t they”.

    • Riana says:

      Thank you! I don’t like cheaters/cheating on principle but past that I had no real opinion of Brad. But lately…what a whiny little man-child.

      Poor Brad Pitt, stuck on a couch in a haze of pot smoke unsure of what to do till the universe sent him an epiphany. Trapped in a marriage that made him so so sad until he discovered himself and decided to be himself. One day hoping to maybe marry Angie…you know the woman he’s been with for years and has multiple kids with.

      Good God man! Grow a pair! It’s so…boring to hear a man come across like a 16 yr old girl.

      If you want to marry Angie then DO IT. stop dangling it to the media every time you need to sell something. This is the mother of your children and your spouse…man up.

    • NM6804 says:

      True, either you marry or you don’t. How hard can it be after seven years to make a decision already?! They know each other and they know how their children feel about it. Just make up your mind already or shut the hell up if you don’t know. No need to share your doubts over and over and over and over…again with the public just because you know it sells.
      I agree with everything you wrote.

  45. Rhiley says:

    I think he does look really beautiful in these photos and it is true, blue is his color.

  46. Susan says:

    Why is he on the cover of Hollywood Reporter? Does he have a movie coming out? Oh right – he is desperate for an Oscar. Pathetic. He needs to stop this self-promotion – it is over the top. I realize that the fans love it but it is very tiring to hear about them every single day with new magazie covers. And no George is not campaigning as much as the Brange. When was George’s last cover?

    As for marriage – just do it. It is getting abit old to use this as an attention getter. No one cares anymore.

    • Katherine says:

      “Why is he on the cover of Hollywood Reporter? Does he have a movie coming out?”

      The man has been nominated for 2 possibly 3 Oscars. He has 2 movies coming out this year one – maybe 2 – on which he is a producer. His Plan B company is involved in the production of at least 2 films getting ready to shoot in the coming months – all of these things are newsworthy. Further, as a producer who wants and needs companies to invest in his films as well as distribute them he must want to keep awareness of these films in the public’s mind – and naturally an interest in himself as a person comes with the territory – that doesn’t happen with mere dry press releases.

      I’m not sure what people are slamming him for. Do people do the same when Streep is on the cover of Vogue or others get interviewed and featured during Oscar season? Why does Meryl need to be on the cover of magazines? Does she really need any help getting an Oscar or jobs?

  47. Ravensdaughter says:

    I did the exact same thing with both my sons in the toddler years-they threw me off balance, I tripped. Ouch for me, okay for them.
    I knew the kids would put them up to getting married!

  48. WTF says:

    I predict he’ll win the Oscar get down on one knee on stage and ask Angie to marry him….and all over the world Jen fan’s heads will explde

    • Rita says:

      What if she says no?

    • Jolie Loon Locater says:

      Why would “all over the world Jen fan’s heads will explde.”?
      Please, make it official Brad. Please legally bind yourself to Angelina. Only the most insipid of Aniston fans who are stuck in a childish rut wanting Jennifer to take pity and rescue Brad reunion would be upset. That’s a very tiny percent of Jen fans. If Brad married Angie, everyone who hates Angie and the gays who are still unmarried would also get to hate Brad by default. I’m glad he claims he dropped smoking cannabis years ago. But he should tell Q Tarantino to keep his big mouth shut because it doesn’t jive with Brad’s lie.
      Anyone who thinks Jen fan’s would have a mental meltdown over a hokey oscar marriage proposal, is an Angelina loon (aka Jen A. hater).

      • WTF says:

        you’re calling me a ‘loon’ and yet you’re using the word HATE in your post. I dont “hate” anyone certainly not people i’ve never met. It was a joke…you know Haha. But i guess you’re a ..JenHEN isn’t that what they call you guys….the ones who HATE Angelina and think that Jennifer can do no wrong even though its more than obvious she’s been in more fake relationships that George Clooney

        Excuse me if i don’t take someone with your “name” seriously.

      • Jolie Loon Locater says:

        I referred to you as a loon because you drug Jen Aniston into your hokey PB_AJ marriage proposal. Only Angelina loons do that. Jen Aniston has chiseled herself away from BP_AJ. And most Aniston fans have tried but the tabloids keep flying the triangle because Angelina Jolie is boring without the backdrop of Brad and his ex wife. Get over it.
        Now don’t get me wrong, Angelina Jolie has a ton of detracters who are NOT Jen fans, and most of that is just Angelina Jolie showing by her own words and actions that she is not the image she cultivates. Angelina Jolie needed Brad Pitt to drag her out of the tabloid trashy hell she created with her weird brother love and billy bob macabre mental breakdown stories. Now she needs him to come out of this film fiasco and survive at the tabloid height she is now. Jennifer Aniston never needed Brad Pitt in that way. No, I am not a Jenhenhag who thinks she is a saint. I sniff out Angelina loons who drag Jen Aniston and her fans through smug mud.

      • mln76 says:

        @JLL You are hilarious. The Jolie is the fascinating person in the triangle and the motivation for all the stories there are only three Aniston stories-Her happy with a new beau/ Her pregnant/Her pining for Brad. Angie on the other hand is fascinating with or without the triangle, with or without Brad. That’s why the demented Jen fans on FF and other crazed sites write so much fan fiction about Angie and can’t be bothered with more than a cursory story about Jen.

      • Tiegan says:

        I’m going to have to disagree with you (surprise!), Jolie is not the most fascinating. It’s the combination of the three that make it such tabloid fodder. The sweet girl-next-door, the vampish man-eater, and the guy. The same as Taylor, Fisher, and Reynolds.

        If Jolie had stayed with Billy Bob, People magazine would never have paid money for their baby pictures. Nobody would have given a damn. Her and Jonny Miller doing a spread for W Magazine? Never would have happened.

        All the player in this soap opera are interchangeable. They just need to be very famous, fit into their defined roles, and finally, invite the public into every detail of their lives, which sadly all three did.

      • Kara Ann says:

        Tiegan,

        I agree with your post. The thought of AJ being relevant enough w/o Brad to warrant the amount of attention that she gets is laughable. I will say that had Brad made babies with a non-celebrity, she probably wouldn’t rate the cover of a magazine (by herself, anyway). As far as Jen, I have no problem saying that with Pitt her marketability as part of a super-couple was at its apex. Without Pitt, Jen will still get covers and all though. I believe AJ would w/o him too. It’s just the tawdriness of the way that the “maneater” Jolie broke up “the girl next doors” marriage with HW Hunk Pitt that gives the triangle it’s legs.
        I enjoyed your post. It was very concise and, I believe, accurate.

      • Josephina says:

        From this and the Parade interview,it is very clear that Brad needed to end that marriage so that he could become what we see today.. a man with a purpose in life. I am sure that some wish he had gotten himself together while married but the truth remains that he could not.

        He is no longer a pretty boy but now a very handsome man with vision, goals and direction. He runs a successful production company called Plan B and has received awards from it. Because his cup runneth over it shows in his acting, and he now has nabbed his second Oscar nomination in 5 years. He is with the love of his life and they raise a large family of 8 together. They share a love for world traveling and are engaged in various domestic and international humanitarian projects. They support each other in their separate interests and it shows. When seen on the red carpet, they are beaming with strong love and admiration for another and the fans love seeing it. They have that “against all odds” love and the nmore people attack , the stronger they become because they really do love and LIKE each other. And yes, they will add to their family if they see fit.

        Indeed, life can be beautiful if two people love, honor, trust and respect one another. I am glad Brad found his way home.

    • Kara Ann says:

      I am an Aniston fan and I don’t care if Pitt/Jolie get married.
      What the heck does his marriage (or not) have to do with Aniston? I really can’t imagine people believing that Aniston/Pitt have had any contact since their divorce. Further, I don’t see why anyone would think that would have contact even if Jolie/Pitt broke up. I think they handled their “friendly” divorce as well as they could (for both of their careers and, maybe, an innate respect for each other). As far as Pitt’s recent claim that Aniston is a “dear friend”, that’s just more “friendly” PR. The Pitt/Aniston relationship didn’t work and is in the past. Mature adults realize that.

  49. Rita says:

    Take a cold shower, Brad.

  50. Nev says:

    the second pic is incredible…stealing the cane…really cute.

  51. JudyK says:

    Clooney does zip for me, but Brad Pitt is one gorgeous man. And he’s a good person and a good father…a total winner.

  52. anonymous says:

    Fake blue eye contacts what type of man wears those. Feeling bad because no marraige and Angie might be knocked up again, looking bad isn’t it.

    • lss says:

      Maybe… maybe not… my father-in-law who is 87 still has the most amazing blue eyes in the world, especially when he wears a blue shirt.

    • Julia says:

      Angelina Jolie HELDS Brad Pitt BY THE BALLS !!! LOL !!!

    • mln76 says:

      More than likely the MAGAZINE chose to highlight his eyes through photoshop JEEZ

      • jackie says:

        Absolutely. The amount of photoshopping on these pictures is ridiculous. How do I know that, I am an avid retoucher. The saturation level in his eyes is off the charts ridiculous. The wrinkle reduction around his eyes is terrible. When you retouch, the goal is to leave as small a footprint as possible. These pictures have boot prints all over them. People may think he is looking good in these pics but there is nothing “natural” about them. I hate to say it but they look horrible to me and very fake. He is a very attractive man and didn’t need all the work that was done. Just my honest opinion. Small footprints not bootprints.

    • Julia says:

      TO TheOriginalVictoria says:

      The question is not : like or not like AJ or BP, but to be objective and clear about BRANGELINA’s interview and appearances… And it is necessary to be honest all this sounds wrong !!! the couple is in perpetual representation for the sole purpose of serving their careers… AJ and BP are selling their image their couple and their family …
      Business is business!

    • Julia says:

      TO TheOriginalVictoria says:

      The question is not : like or not like AJ or BP, but to be objective and clear about BRANGELINA’s interview and appearances… And it is necessary to be honest all this sounds wrong !!! the couple is in perpetual representation for the sole purpose of serving their careers… AJ and BP are selling their image their couple and their family … It’s communication and business!

  53. Dawn says:

    What a guy. Almost as cool as Steve McQueen! I loved Money Ball and I loved Benjamin Button’s and I loved A River Runs Through it and I totally agree with him about religion. He has great kids but if he and Angie never get married it is fine with me. I like them both.

  54. buell says:

    Why are his lips so chapped looking? Is it from all the “I wanna win the Oscar’ ass-kissing. And for the love of god… STFU about all the “Want to get married, Not gonna get married…etc…” As my mama used to say, “Shit or get off the pot!”

  55. Jada says:

    He’s trying so hard to be the older, serious actor. Ugh–the picture, the quotes–it is all so fake, but I guess everything about Hollywood is fake. I shouldn’t be surprised as it’s Oscar time.

  56. Bite me says:

    And they all can campaign for an Oscar … And a certain blogger is just looking for hits… Mama got bills to pay

  57. Fun says:

    Why is he trying to be angelina? The whole I was depressed and then I witnessed real suffering is her thing. As for the marriage stuff? What was it angelina said? The kids want the cake and the party. As usual this site is up brads butt. He is so airbrushed and botoxed and his acting is on the same level as channing Tatum.

    • Kara Ann says:

      Hey, now, that’s going too far. Just back off ole Channing. The man doesn’t try to project something he isn’t. He got a wonderful opportunity and he’s going for it. Good for him.
      As far as acting, Pitt is better. As far believing anything they say, I’ll give Channing the win on that one 🙂

  58. Paige says:

    @Jolieloon Locator
    Not all jennifer aniston fans are pathetic and don’t have a life but what about the ones on female first? Have you really read all the weird and brutal things they say about brad Angelina and their children. They bring Jennifer aniston in everything they write about them. They are so petty that they write a post on everything brad and Angelina do but “claim” to hate them so much. They scrutinize everything they do and say. They pick on innocent children calling them down syndrome and bull dikes and alot of them are jennifer aniston fans. Some of them really believe brad and jen are getting back together. They claim johnny lee miller is vivienne’s bioloigical father. They all act like 10 year olds. Same as people on us weekly that can only bring up Angelina’s past to try to make her look bad. Some really believe she’s an herion addict.I’m not being bias but everything I’ve said is true. You may not care if brad and angelina get married but there are some jennifer anistons fans that will raise hell and show so much hate and jealousy towards their marriage Atleast 75% of brad and angelina haters are jen fans.

    • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

      OMG! I went on there (FF) just the other day because it’s been mentioned here. I could NOT believe the things I saw there.

      There was an entire thread dedicated to finding animated gifs where it appears like BP is constantly running away every time AJ even tries to hold his hand. They then comment about how she embarrasses herself by trying to even TOUCH him, and they use smileys showing embarrassment, and talk about how embarrassing she is because it’s SO obvious he can’t even stand to be touched by her. They call AJ a “junkie” and BP a “r-tard”, and “druggie”. They even called Shiloh a lesbian, and said that Knox looks like he is “special”. UGH!

      I’ve seen a lot of things on teh interwebz, but that was some of the most vile sh!t ever. It’s like a site run by a mental ward full of un-medicated, hateful crazies who can’t tell the difference between fantasy and reality.

      I feel SO badly for all three of the “triangle” that people like that even exist, much less an entire, thriving website community dedicated to nothing but hate, and gross negativity. **shudder**

      Sorry for the /rant

    • lisa says:

      Oh paige don’t they don’t want to hear about those crazies. but don’t ever say a thing to show that a lie about this couple is not true or God forbid you like them then you are a loonie. Because their logic is anyone that doesn’t like them is
      WRONG.. and everyone that does is Right

      lol.. anyway to each his own

      • Sakyiwaa says:

        @Wildheart. Yeah, i visited FF once. They are sick individuals. I saw everything you are talking about. I did a lot of LOL-ing though, cos they’re stuck in the past. Old jolie drunk pics and the like. Its fine. They can remain in the past as long as they like. Have u seen Brad and Angie look like they care:-D?

      • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

        @Sakyiwaa
        I was just horrified to think there were so many people dedicating SO much energy toward people they claim to hate with a passion. They were just so CREEPY and gross! But, no I don’t think the JPs care at all. LOL! 😀

        I also want to point out that I do not think this represents what fans of JA are like, not at all. Those people on FF are certifiable, and I don’t think any celebrity would want them as “fans”.

      • nemera says:

        they are a nice couple

      • lisa says:

        Post should read.

        Because their logic is anyone that doesn’t like them is
        RIGHT.. and everyone that does is WRONG

    • Kara Ann says:

      Paige,
      I am not an AJ fan BUT I don’t want to go to a site where people talk trash like that. And since you do like her, you might want to re-think going there, too.
      I actually think that some AJ fans go to that site, read absolute craziness, know that there is no way to engage with people like that, and then come back here all worked up to vent at “crazy” Aniston fans. The trouble with that is that sometimes AJ fans start to become the very thing they dislike i.e. people with whom you can have no serious engagement with because they have no perspective. I AM NOT saying that all AJ fans on here are like that but I do think that it happens.
      Your examples above about “retarded children” is a great reason not to go there. In fact, your entire post shows many good and valid reasons not to go there.
      Anyway, as Penelope says in that self-samed movie “I’m not them, they’re not me”…or something like that. Give us normal Aniston fans a break. If you don’t want to encounter crazy Aniston fans, stay away from sites that they haunt.

      • Tiegan says:

        I agree with everything you’ve said. Resentment seems to spill over from content on other websites, and people act like it’s the same horrible posters on this one.

        It’s all just gossip at the end of the day.

  59. layla says:

    THEY ALL CAMPAIGN.

    George has been doing it since rolling out red carpet barbie.

    Michelle Williams won’t shut up about Heath and her effin daughter/family… taking the Natalie Portman route.

    And yes. Brad is campaigning too.

    If you are hating on Brad for campaigning, hate on them all.

    • buell says:

      I do… they are all vapid, silly, vain creatures. It is funny as hell to see them all give these asinine interviews right before some big award event. It’s some of the best acting most of them ever will do.

    • mln76 says:

      Even the venerable and Gary Oldman is campaigning and the even more venerable and more respected Christopher Plummer. There is no shame in promoting your work.
      Now the way some choose to do it is worse than others I get embarrassed at Georgie but it’s not as bad as Melissa Leo or Natalie Portman last year.

      • layla says:

        Agreed. Promoting work and doing the required promotional work & supporting of their projects is fine. And part of the game.

        The blatant wheeling out of everything else is so see thru its pathetic.

        The more I learn/see about the campaigning and the behind the scenes campaign tactics, the less value any statue or apparent recoginition of so called “craft” means.

  60. original sandy says:

    someone who looks like pitt, lives like pitt and is so humble and down to earth, gotta love this man, i do hope he wins the Oscar, he is a great actor, he deserves it, he is happy with his life, he risked everything to get where he is and it paid off for him, i think brad is intelligent, he’s just not all out to prove it, hope they get married.

  61. Astrid says:

    The rumours about them marrying have been swirling for years and usually around awards season-time. And it’s getting boring and stale.

    Also how they insist that it is for their children seems quite far-fetched as young children hardly grasp the concept of marriage unless in a fairytale sort of setting. Marry because you want to, not because your children want to see a real-life recreation of a Disney princess movie. Or rather, do it and conveniently forget about all those claims that you would get married when everyone in the US could.

  62. Maggs says:

    that magazine cover, omg he is beautiful

  63. Tara says:

    He’s adorable in this interview… And I’m not even a true fan; like him in some things and not others and physically he has never been my type. I think he has earned what he has tho.

  64. Madison says:

    Great interview, he’s always seemed like a pretty decent guy. They should listen to their kids and get married, stop talking Brad just do it. I hope anyone except George Clooney wins the best actor oscar.

  65. aprayerforthewildatheart says:

    Enjoyed the article, it was cute. I love the photos, especially the B/W ones. It’s an artists job to promote their projects. If they didn’t they would be letting down the, sometimes, hundreds of people who worked on the project with them. All involved in film production can use a well received, and award winning film on their resume to garner themselves more work in their respective fields.

  66. Bethany says:

    Oh my god the Brad Pitt I fell in lust is back! He is still dreamy… 🙂

  67. dj says:

    Sexy..but in that blue shirt…grrrh!

  68. Jin says:

    Just another way to feed the press into “marriage” headlines. Brad and Angelina are too overexposed. Why give interviews talking about your personal life when you are that overexposed? His movies already been released for months. Just press for an Oscar. Pathetic.

  69. meme says:

    Marry your woman man.

  70. Jamie says:

    They talk about marriage and getting more kids whenever they’re on an awards campaign. I don’t believe for a minute that the kids are pressuring them to get married.

  71. samira677 says:

    To the haters whining and complaining about marriage talk: the reporters ask them in every single interview if they are getting married as well as if they are going to have more kids. They never bring up marriage and kids. Brad and Angelina always talk about their personal life when they are promoting their movies because that is the only time they do interviews. The haters also sound incredibly dumb claiming that marriage talk will get Oscar votes. People are not going to vote for Brad because he may get married. That isn’t logical thinking. I also don’t get why people claim Brad is campaigning when other celebrities like George Clooney and Meryle Streep have been doing just as much if not more interviews as him but they don’t get attacked.

    • xploxite says:

      It’s knows to most people they(Brangelina) tell the reporters what to ask otherwise they’re not allowed to interview them again.

      • Hamburglar says:

        They don’t ‘tell the reporters’ what to ask. They may vet/veto questions prior to the interview that are suggested that will be asked, but they never ‘tell’ a reporter what to ask. Its the reporter that tells THEM, and they ok or not ok it.

    • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

      And, could you imagine if they were both militant in refusing to discuss their relationship, and their kids? They would be branded as the biggest a$$holes who ever lived, who think they’re “too good” to answer questions about their private lives…They can’t win, period.

    • lisa says:

      That is the funny part.. they act as if they are giving interviews every single day of the year. And as you pointed out

      Brad and Angelina always talk about their personal life when they are promoting their movies because that is the only time they do interviews.

      **********

      they are not doing them until they are promoting. Which is their job to do. But if your film or you are getting awards buzz..that promoting is upped 10 fold. It is called WORKING.. a part of the job.

  72. xploxite says:

    He says the same thing every year does anything to get noticed at the time of awards, walking with cane, talking about kids, talking marriage, it will never happen, Never mark my word, cause they know if they get married they’ll get a divorce soon after but the way they’re right now they will not lose anything.

  73. Mari says:

    Promoting also means more people viewing your movie, renting it, etc. How is that bad? It’s not like they filmed themselves, is is a product made by a lot of people.

  74. HA! says:

    That “Charles Bronson” goatee and moustache combo have got to Go!

  75. Heather says:

    These two narcissistic people only come out to play with the media during award season. Get married — who cares — people do it every day — but when the time comes I’m sure they will beg for privacy until they accept the highest bid for photos. Brad used to be so cool — and now he’s just well, her puppet.

  76. jc126 says:

    Good, I hope they do get married. It’s dumb to boycott getting married until everyone can, even if one feels strongly in favor of same-sex marriage, why postpone your own happiness?

  77. Lauren says:

    Stop the Hate. I love-loved Brad in Legends of the Fall. Beautiful cinematography and story. All his other movies are a blur to me. I do not think Brad is phoney, and he is a wonderful family man. Angie has nothing but praise for him. They have such a lovely family, let them live.

  78. Moreaces says:

    YEAH,, Yipppiii, I so want them to marry… Love you two.

  79. LeeLoo says:

    I am in love with the style of photography with these photos. He looks like a mature version of his younger self…if that makes any sense.

    I believe they should do what feels right for them. I don’t believe that they should postpone their happiness for political reasons but I also don’t believe they should let their kids pressure them either. I think they are a great couple but I hope they don’t allow themselves to be pressured either way.

  80. Laura says:

    He has morphed into Chaz Dean (google him) hair stylist. Gadzooks. I remember the Thelma and Louise Brad, he was so cute back then.

    • lisa says:

      He’s 48

      I doubt most grown men want to be seen as cute or looked at the same as they were in their mid 20’s

      It’s called growing up. maturing..

  81. Joe Shmoe says:

    Pitt sounds like a goof when he tries to come across as deep.

  82. foozy says:

    cool! finally these two are going to tie the knot!

  83. blonde on the dock says:

    If he was that desperate to marry her he would have by now. I highly doubt the kids are putting the pressure on. And he’s lying about the pot!

  84. original sandy says:

    great interview, it’s so obvious that the same people come on each brange thread and make these stupid unfounded accusation to discredit these two, because it would blow their brains out if they feel the brange is perfect, no one is, does angie smoke? until i see her, or she speaks about it, i don’t believe it, not that i feel it’s our business, but why bring it up without actual proof? what’s the motive? wow!!! someone has been stalking brad to know he is lying about the pot.

  85. Mara says:

    How can a person live with no faith in God that is just so wrong what this man will teach his kids to live like that with no faith .This celebrity think won’t last forever for him and he will have a lot of questions to answer .

    • Hamburglar says:

      You may believe in a fairytale but that doesn’t mean he has to. Atheism is very liberating and makes sense. You may not understand him, but rest assured many don’t understand why you need to believe in something non-existent as a crutch in life. I would prefer someone who doesn’t teach their child fairytales over someone who is brainwashed by religion.

  86. Dibba says:

    Not much to say. Not crazy about the photos. Interview seems fairly run of the mill for him.I do think he thinks about things and tries to figure things out for himself. I do applaud him for turning his life around.

  87. Julia says:

    TO TheOriginalVictoria says:

    The question is not : like or not like AJ or BP, but to be objective and clear about BRANGELINA’s interview and appearances… And it is necessary to be honest all this sounds wrong !!! the couple is in perpetual representation for the sole purpose of serving their careers… AJ and BP are selling their image their couple and their family … It’s communication and business!

    • lisa says:

      Their careers are not in trouble. No need to sell what is already working.

      I think it just pisses people off that despite the nasty comments on a few sites they are still widely popular and still have a lot of fan support.

      That is what makes the none fans mad. But they are more obsessed then the fans. folling every appearance, interview, whatever. they eat the shit up. So if the dont like them stop buying..

      but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one.

      I am a total fan and hope they do get married. Brad even said this on the GG red carpet. I suspect that is the real reason some are so upset..

      and it is funny to see the meltdown.

  88. anna says:

    i swear he looks so much like Angelina in that picture with blue shirt.

  89. Shay Kay says:

    Just saw “Moneyball” and it was a great performance. I can’t compare to George as I haven’t seen the movie but imo Brad has made smart career choices, has talent, focus, and determination so he’s Oscar worthy.
    On the personal stuff, “Please oh please Brad just marry Angelina.” It’s been 7 years and 6 kids and they love each other to death in every interview so just GET MARRIED or say ,”You know we’re never going to marry but we’ll always be together.” or even “It’s really none of your f@cking business quit asking me that.” Anything but this wishy washy “maybe, someday, we can’t the gays, we will the kids, we won’t been there done that, we will it means something.” Hell man if you ran your career like your personal life than you’d never make up your mind long enough to finish one f@cking movie!

  90. Ginger says:

    Wow! His blue eyes really stand out with the blue shirt…BP doesn’t do anything for me though…just my personal taste…not saying he isn’t good looking at least when he’s cleaned up…but man just marry Angie already! Jeez! They are an awesome, charismatic couple IMO.