Angelina Jolie gave an exclusive interview to People Magazine, all part of her inexpensive publicity campaign for By the Sea, which totally ate it at the box office (and which will be opening in 100 theaters this weekend). There’s been a lot of sniping at Angelina for wasting time and money on BTS, but I’ll give credit to her for one thing: she knows how to promote a movie with absolutely minimum effort. In my mind, she simply called up People Mag’s editor and said, “I’ll give you guys some exclusive quotes if you want,” and they gave her part of the sidebar on the cover. That’s what I mean by inexpensive – this didn’t cost Angelina anything but a few minutes on the phone with People.
Angelina Jolie Pitt, isn’t worried about getting older. In fact, she embraces it. Of course, one reason the writer-director-star is looking forward to growing old is because she gets to do it with her husband Brad Pitt.
“Brad and I are fortunate because we see the beauty in each other’s changes,” Jolie-Pitt says.
The two star in the new movie By the Sea as a troubled married couple. Directed and written by Jolie Pitt, the movie was their first onscreen collaboration in 10 years, and she says working together strengthened their relationship.
“It strengthens a relationship if you can pass those big fights and those big things where you really come head-to-head. As much as we can argue and fight, and we all have our challenges, at the end I say, ‘My job is to love him.'”
Jolie Pitt and Pitt, 51, got married in August 2014 after being together for nine years. They have six children: Maddox, 14, Pax, 11, Zahara, 9, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 7.
She adds, “I’m more interested in his 50-year-old self than his 40 year-old-self. And then you look forward to even more years together.”
What I’ve loved about the BTS promotion is that Angelina has basically admitted that some of those tabloid stories are true, that they DO get into huge fights and Brad runs away in tears and the Leg of Doom cackles over the destruction she hath wrought. And at the end of the day, who cares? They fight. They admit that they fight. They’re like everybody else. As for “Brad and I are fortunate because we see the beauty in each other’s changes”… ugh. I mean, I get it. They’ve made it ten years. They’re not with each other at this point because he’s pretty and she’s pretty. Their relationship is more substantial than that. But 40-year-old Brad Pitt was REALLY hot. Angelina should know since that’s when she started banging him.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Meh, she finally admits they fight and have issues to push the movie. For ten years, only glowing comments, not even a joke like he drives me crazy some days, etc. I remember noticing that before, and realizing that I was more drawn to couples who could make jokes about their differences every once in a while in interviews.
Now back to back to back interviews about their issues. Sell that movie, Angie. She is very savvy that way.
She said I think 2 weeks ago that they fight about things.
LIke I said above, for this movie, she’s done back to back interviews on their issues, fighting, et cetera, all for the push of this movie.
She made a movie about couple who has issues, that’s why they ask her these questions.
Agreed, they fight. Looks obviously don’t matter to her, this lady married Billy Bob!
I’m so over her non promotion of this movie. Lol.
I wonder how the film would have been promoted if it weren’t starring the two of them. It’s been SO much about their personal life.
I haven’t (and won’t) see it but from the reviews it seems to mirror an ongoing image that she perpetuates. That image being that Angelina is different, special, and worth all of the patience, kindness,and reassurance that Brad provides.
That may very well be how she sees their relationship. It, also, seems a bit tiring after ten years together….or it’s just a movie.
I agree she’s a lot more manipulative of the press than people generally want to admit. But I don’t think you get anywhere in that business any other way.
ALL celebs manipulate the press, AJ is no different or worse for doing what they all do.
I agree with Camille that A.J. is no different that any other celeb when promoting her movies. She just has covered the same ground for so long that it is a little bit of a snoozefest. Oh well, I always say that stable, relatively boring relationships (to the tabloids) are usually the ones that are happy.
sorry. double post.
The press is the press though. If you don’t take control of an image, they basically make one for you and it’s usually a pathetic one.
Actors are usually asked questions about the subject matter of the movies they’re in. The movie is about a troubled marriage. So of course Brad and Angelina are going to get asked about their own marriage. Mark Rufolo talked a lot about Catholism in his interviews because of his new movie. Holiday movies are coming out so the cast will be asked about their traditions and so on. It’s really funny how haters try so hard to make Angelina the devil’s spawn when she doesn’t do anything that most other people do.
I’m baffled how saying they fight is Angelina confirming that the tabloids are true. The tabloids were consistently saying Brad was cheating with everyone who said hi and Angelina was abusing Brad and the children. If even half of what was said was true I seriously doubt they would still be together nevermind getting married. All couples fight so it’s weird why people are trying to turn it into a scandal with Brad and Angelina.
“Angelina has basically admitted that some of those tabloid stories are true, that they DO get into huge fights and Brad runs away in tears and the Leg of Doom cackles over the destruction she hath wrought.”
well, she had to seeing as how those gerbils of doom never stop blabbing.
”gerbild of doom” that’s hilarious!
How romantic. It’s her “job” to love him. Maybe life is different in Hollyweird, I never “work” on my marriage or consider any of it as a job. Everyone has differences but the love is the glue that holds it together. She focuses a lot of attention on age. Man, I live in the moment, remember the past and look forward to the future, but certainly don’t dwell on it as she seems to do. Seize the moment Angie
Meh, I think it was just a figure of speech.
My thought, when I saw the headline, was, who wouldn’t want THAT job?
my first thought was ‘ oh no, another pay discrimination for my job’ sob story..hehe This is standard People article procedure..they get a phione call telling them what to print, shrug…
I also think figure of speech being blown out of proportion.
If you want a successful marriage you work towards that.
I agree that it’s not a job but you are putting time and effect to make sure your relationship stands strong.
I have seen many times where people claim love is enough but ends up not seeing/ignoring the signs and divorces.
Love is the foundation but compromise is the core of a successful relationship (I personally think and have been taught by me parents).
Totally agree Maya. I don’t get it when people say they don’t have to work at their marriage. To be honest I just don’t believe them.
Maybe they’re are equating “work” as some slave labor, dissatisfying, horrible “job” to do. To me “work” is just as you stated, putting time and effect to make sure your relationship stands strong.
This. I’m not married but in a serious relationship and I’m sorry but it is WORK. Maybe it isn’t work for certain couples and that’s great but we’re two very complicated people and we have to work to get through the rough patches. And I agree that work = time and effort that it takes to truly understand one another.
After 27 years, I agree that marriage is work.
Oh, no!! I’m agreeing with you!
I think what she said was plain old-fashioned common sense. It should be every spouse’s job; husband or wife to love their partner. I really am not seeing the big deal in her statement. Are you saying that it is not the job of a spouse to love their partner?
I don’t like the way she phrased it. She’s not a word master and I think she probably is cringing inside when giving interviews. I know Pitt has always hated them as well. I know how I feel about my marriage of 16 years, we are husband and wife first, friends, co-workers, parents and we haven’t hit 40 yet. I have never once considered anything work in my feelings towards him. It’s just us, it’s just them, everyone is different. And no MJess….I don’t consider love a job.
@Nancy: I’m curious – how long have you been married?
@Elisa the I
Nancy did state she has been married for 16 years.
Marriage is about way more than just love. It IS work – making sure you prioritize your partner and your relationship, while also balancing careers and children; even more so for 2 people who’s jobs require constant, long term travel. Even more than the rest of us, they would have to make a concerted effort even just to see each other regularly. But just because it’s work doesn’t mean that it’s unpleasant
@Nancy
I have a wonderful marriage to a man i love with all of my heart, but there have been times when it was difficult to mesh our lives in a way that made us both happy. I really don’t like where we live, but it’s necessary for his job. It has been hard for me to sacrifice the part of me that needs a stimulating, artistic environment. I never once thought of leaving him, never, but it has been work to find things here that satisfy my needs. I’ve been lonely, and have had to try, and fail, and try again to make a life for myself here. I think that’s what she means. Not that loving him is work, but that blending two lives sometimes requires effort and sacrifice and compromise that you wouldn’t make for anyone else. If you have never had that, then you’re very lucky. I believe you – some other posters don’t, but I can see how you can happen to find someone who always happens to want what you want. But it might come up when you retire, or it might not. It doesn’t mean you love each other less. It’s part of the love.
GNAT: I knew you were artistic by the style of your writing. I don’t care what others believe. This is my life and I post what I feel. If one equates compromise to work, then yes I have compromised in situations. I lived in Florida, which at the time I didn’t want to, so that we could practice law in two states. I’ll be married seventeen years on NYE and feel blessed. I have a big family and not all of them have been as lucky as I have. I do believe luck plays a role in life. We’ve always had similar goals and achievements. I wish you the best and hope you and your husband live long and happy lives together. You and Kitten are my favs on here. I admire intelligent, insightful women.
@Nancy
That is so sweet of you, and I needed to hear that today. I’ve been putting my foot in my mouth a lot lately, or saying things that people take the wrong way, and I was feeling kind of discouraged. Thank you for being so nice. I hope you and your husband continue to thrive and nurture each other. We are both, or all four, lucky. Everybody doesn’t get to have what we have found.
GNAT, I am in the same exact situation, except my husband wants to be here in this redneck, unartistic place I live. Groan. I’m tired of working to like it here. It has been very hard work, and I’m very lonely here, too.
I feel ya, Jib. It’s hard. Everybody says “bloom where you’re planted” and all that, and I’ve tried, but towns have “personalities” too, and sometimes you just don’t click. If this town was my boyfriend, I’d break up with it. Sorry you’re having a hard time. I hope it gets better. ❤️
A married couple fights occasionally? Stop the presses!
IKR? As I said on a previous thread, I assume these two fight like champions and f%$k like rock stars swinging from the rafters. Real passion > never fighting.
whats next Brads farts dont smell like a good bourbon and Angelina had diarrhea once?
Every single couple fight – whether it’s about careers, children, finance, friends & family.
Just because you are fighting it doesn’t mean you aren’t in love and happy and just because you aren’t fighting it doesn’t mean you are in love and happy.
Brad was indeed breathtakingly hot 10 years ago and now he is sexy and handsome with a maturity.
Looks is what attracts you first but personality is what makes you stay.
PS: David Fincher said that Brad is a lot like his character in fight club so the people who call him wimp, week and wimped are just grasping straws.
Sometimes, people fight over stupid, unimportant stuff too. One time, my husband and I had a serious fight that started with who had better-looking feet.
Lol! You made me spill my coffee!
so, what was the final consensus on the feet? 😉
@doofus, hahaha oh man, I don’t think it’ll ever be settled! I think I have much nicer feet because although mine are wider, they have a nice fan shape and all the toes are straight and the lengths are perfect. His feet are bony, narrow and ugh, he won’t admit he’s wrong. We’ve been together for about a decade and that was the only fight we’ve ever had that escalated to a couple of hours red-faced shouting that started with feet, got into the open every petty snipe and nitpick, and ended in the resolution to never discuss feet again.
it’s funny how sometimes the littlest things can escalate into an argument like that.
I know the bf and I (together 20+ years) have had some doozies about stupid stuff. best part is laughing about it later…
So true – my husband and I had an argument about who was going to drive the car the other day and that turned into a screaming match then followed by few minutes of silence.
For the record – I won and drove the car😁
LMAO That’s cute, Hawkeye 😉
A couple who fights about the best looking feet is meant to be together forever. And happy!
Through love glasses you always see the hottie you first banged. And they just get better with age.
Leo always sees the hottie he first banged too, because most of the hotties he’s banging are hotties he’s banging for the first time. 😉
Ha!
Of course they fight.
I’m all for being positive about getting older. You might as well be, because there’s nothing you can do about it, attitude is your paintbrush and all that. I like to read about positive things about getting older. Yay! But, come on, she embraces and looks forward to it? Umm, I find that a bit much. You try to find the good things about it and make peace with the bad, but does anyone “look forward” to getting old? I can’t wait for my hands to be crepey! Why is it taking so long for my breasts to droop? This damn neck of mine looks like a 30 year old’s, darn it! Bring on the wrinkles! I find that difficult to swallow.
You do look forward to getting older if you were scared half of your life that you are going to die young. She answered that question in the interview, but it is not posted here.
Exactly – only people who know what it feels like that you might not survive the next days/weeks/months/years/decades will rejoice getting old.
Exactly- Angelina had grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc all die of cancer VERY young (some in their 30s), and attended WAY more funerals than the average child. While people mocked a ton for wanting to be a funeral director, she said long ago her desire was motivated by wanting to make funerals a better experience for the people left behind. BTW, neither Brad or Angelina have ever said they never fight or are perfect- sure, they say stuff that indicates they are very content & in love, but it’s their actions (kids, homes, foundations, businesses -inc. FANTASTIC wine!) over the past decade that speak LOUD. It’s the couples who spend millions on PR to press release/pap parade their perfection that seem to crash & burn.
She’s using loving getting older to sell her narrative. Those of us who know what it’s like not to know if u will survive (which Angelina has never personally been through) can attest that we dislike the signs of aging as much as everyone else.
@water: well I have several friends and family members who have gone through illness and other traumas and most of them cannot wait to grow old and say they made it.
Just because you feel like that it doesn’t mean others do
Hmm. I didn’t think of it that way. You’re most likely right and I misunderstood what she meant.
I look forward to getting older. I am happy to add another candle to my birthday cake, because it just means that I’ve had one year longer to live and be with my family. Her mother, grandmother and aunt, an uncle and other relatives all died fairly young.
I have been married 33 years I grew up with my husband I loved watching him age He is 50 now and even better than at 21. I see scars and winkles on skin that was once smooth and realize we made them together . Its amazing that I love him as much now as ever. There is so much work behind our marriage , we have 5 kids, but at the end of the day it’s respect and love that counts.
” I see scars and winkles on skin that was once smooth and realize we made them together”
^ This to infinity!!
And did I say something to make you think I disagree with that? How do you feel about your own wrinkles? Do you “look forward” to getting more? I love my husband more than I did when I was younger, too, and I certainly didn’t mean that I don’t look forward to growing alongside him for as long as I live. But I don’t “look forward” to my body aging, or my kidneys failing, or my mind deteriorating. I don’t “love watching” either of us age. I don’t love watching him suffer from aches and pains he didn’t use to have. I don’t love knowing that one of us will loose the other someday. That’s what I meant.
I’m here to back GNAT up with the whole “aging sucks” thing.
I also want to point out that we all have good and bad days. Sometimes I’m fine with getting older and other times I wake up in a cold sweat about it. One of my biggest fears of aging is watching my parents age along with me…so it’s not just the superficial sh*t like wrinkles etc (although those suck balls as well). This probably sounds insane but I hope my parents go at the same time. I honestly don’t think one can survive without the other…..
I’m so depressed now. Who has vodka?
no vodka, but I do keep bourbon on hand for just such times.
cheers, and I’m right there with you.
Jenny said something really beautiful about growing older with her life mate. She didn’t say she “looks forward” to the difficult parts of aging, just that she values the signs of the years they’ve had. It was a nice contribution to this discussion, not a negation of anyone else’s points about the harder parts of growing older.
I feel you, Bettyrose. I enjoyed Jenny’s comment, I was just adding to GNAT’s post with my own incredibly bleak perspective. lol
*clinks glasses with Doofus*
Here’s to getting old with my fellow celebitches. Sure beats the alternative right?
“Sure beats the alternative right?”
Kitten, another sign we are sistahs! I say that EVERY TIME I (or someone else) complain about getting older. back/knee aches? getting tired at 9pm? can’t drink like I used to? oh well, at least I’m alive and kickin’!
@Kittten. Take it easy. You’re not even forty yet. But I get the bit about seeing your parents age. I’ve gone through most of my life taking it for granted that my mum is always going to be there but over the last few years I’ve noticed age catching up with her. I was driving my car thinking about her a few months ago and the thought that she’s going to be dead one day and that I’m going to be in the world without her at some point hit me like a tonne of bricks.
Kitten, if it makes you feel any better, I’m 59 and my parents are still together and alive. I hope they go at the same time, too. I couldn’t bear to see one of them lose the other.
Bettyrose, if I took the part about how it’s love that matters wrong – that I was being superficial – then I apologize. I get beat up on here so much lately I really have come to expect hostility rather than be surprised by it.
GNAT, I swear to God I thought you were in your mid-20s. You have very youthful mannerisms about you. I always thought you were so wise for your age. Ignore the hostility GNAT, it will pass, and I like reading your comments.
omg brad pitt is 51! I just realized that…
I’m a Jolie Pitt fangirl so I’ve been enjoying the interviews she’s been giving to promote this film. I guess most couples fight to varying extents. It took my girlfriend & I over a year to have our first conflict. Now I know we are able put aside our egos so we can communicate, own our mistakes and resolve disagreements.
I can see what she means by saying her job is to love him although it’s a very pragmatic way of saying that loving someone in a healthy way is an active choice.
I also liked her comment about being more interested in him as fifty year old than as a forty year old since I think the more we love someone the beautiful we find them. That said it is easier to age well when you’re millionaire celebrities with unlimited access to the latest advancement in skincare and the best quality food.
One thing for sure, they have been together than any other relationships. I believe their love was meant to be. Im seeing a long and beautiful life together. Brad walked out of his 4.5 years marriage and never looked back. They both took a lot of flack for being together but it appears they made the right decision. It never fails, the non fans are always here on a Brad and Angelina thread before the fans. Such devotions to people they don’t like. At times i believe they are secerately jealous of the love of the Jolie Pitts.
Agree 100 percent
They do seem very much in love and they strike me as a really committed couple.
Also, I bet they have amazing make-up sex….
At Brad’s age I think he might be a little bit past being amazed by sex.
They have six children: Maddox, 14, Pax, 11, Zahara, 9, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 7.
Hm… I see five children here.
Little Miss Shiloh
Yeah, I know, but shouldn’t they know it, too? 😀
Aha!! Right. 🙂
I didn’t know that loving someone was a “job”
Now you know.
@BNA FN
What did you think of the movie? Can you give a review?
These two are a brand. So yes, love is a job in Brangelina-land.
I love this couple. If she said they didn’t fight, I wouldn’t believe her.
Her mother, grandmother, and aunt, and uncle died of cancer on her mother’s side of the family. Page Six had a picture on their site many months ago. I understand her looking forward to growing old.
So I saw the movie last….. and I’m kinda over the brangelina thing….
I remember the angie from gone in 60 sec, girl interrupted, tom raider (OMG she’s stunning), taking lives, original sin…. and she was just such a force and stunning…
So she just seems like a frail lily white pill popping depressive and subtly entitled house wife…. and just seeing her bones and veins and frailness in every shot was just to much to deal…. I literally felt like I waqs watching the death of one of my favorite movie star…. this is probably because I couldnt evolve with her as an actor in this movie….and her appearance has been shocking to say the least
now back to the storyline I felt like this would have been great as a play….. with a little more dialogue and a little less mood….. it would have been great as a low-key play that blew up to be an art house broadway eventually smash…… it could have been that…. but I felt angelina and brad got caught up on the feel and the look thus missing the real key to the plot and the forum that it would have best played to…. It would have been a smash as a play Im telling you or even a novel…..
I agree she was stunning then, and not just because she was younger. She had a sparkle/vibe to her that we see glimpses of now but in general she seems frail as you said.
Unfortunately, describing loving him as her “job” makes it sound one-sided, and less like a healthy relationship with compromises. We often unintentionally reveal things with our words.
k.
He wasn’t married at the time he got with Angelina. And she made a clip to prove she had Chicken pox because she knew people would doubt her, so I’m not sure why you think she faked it when she made the clip to prove it, and Unbroken was a hit not a flop. Lastly, Angelina has never cared less about awards. She never reacts to any criticism, she could care less, and she has never been one to chase awards, and we all know that. That’s why I admire her. She couldn’t give an f about it all, and she keeps it real.
@MJess who said
“She never reacts to any criticism, she could care less, and she has never been one to chase awards, and we all know that.”
Saying that she could care less is like saying she does care or have some interest. I think you meant she couldn’t care less as in having no interest at all.
It isn’t more off putting than the same 5 people who turn up and write their dislike for this couple on every single thread.
You people police the fans and attack us constantly with names for writing something positive but bluntly ignore the people who write negative comments.
Please you are way too invested in these celebrities. AJ is a celebrity, not your friend or relative. Do you defend your husband or children this passionately? I doubt it.
@ Naya Why do the same five names show up on every Jolie article to criticize her medical issues,directing, wardrobe, her marriage, how she raises her kids, etc. The same people. It’s like that with certain celebrities. The people that dislike them pay attention to them just as much or more than the fans. I do find that strange.
Everyone has celebrities they like and dislike, whats the big deal? Why not do what the rest of ys do when people dont like our favorite celebs i.e. shrug your shoulders and go about your day?
I feel like what she said was really sweet. I mean yes he was super good looking at 40. But I think aging is hard on men too and they just don’t openly express that sentiment the way that women tend to with eachother. A large part of his career has been built upon his sex symbol image. She is openly expressing her reassurance that she still finds him beautiful.
No woman can “snatch up” a man who is committed to his wife and has strong morals. He deserves as much, actually more, of the blame people pile on her. We shouldn’t blame Jolie for “stealing him”, we shouldn’t blame Aniston for “not being able to keep him”. Any blame should always go to the person who was in a relationship & chose to not honor it.
Yes all to often only the women really get targeted and labeled. Years of media frenzy making Angelina out to be the seductress/home wrecker and Aniston the victim or the incompetent wife.
LOL my post above doesn’t make much sense now, but it was a reply to another post 🙂
I’m getting a bit tired of this film promotion being all about their private lives. She was kind of above this and now… She is basically selling her intimacy in a way just to stay relevant. I’m not a fan but I respected their way of living their lives above the media agenda, but now they just look like every other celeb who focus on their personal, private lives instead as a way to sell something else. :/
They’ve never been above it though. See: intimate photo shoots for magazines such as W, Vanity Fair, Vogue, People… they have consistently sold out their relationship and their kids for publicity.
This should be obvious to anyone who understands Hollywood celebrity as it works today. (I really want to see Lainey put together that Celebrity Studies course!)
I guess you are right but I still feel they were better at it, it wasn’t so obvious, or at least they weren’t giving so much in a short amount of time. They truly position themselves as celebrities and not as professional actors. Even when talking about the film they end up talking about themselves and their “journey”… For a film lover this is quite annoying because it’s a constant and feels forced.
About Lainey, I agree with her on so many things but she admires the Brange brand and doesn’t really “study” them properly. She is always sort of admiring their tactics and master manipulation, but always as a compliment which she doesn’t do with others.
They’ve done an enormous amount of press about their relationship, sometimes when they aren’t even promoting anything. So many joint photoshoots, so many interviews where the film takes a backseat to their personal life.
I know way more about their kids than any other celebrity kids. Hell I know more about their kids than I know about many actual celebrities. I do my best to skim straight over that stuff but I still know enough to feel creepy about it. Then I read comments from the fans who talk about those kids like they’re their own, and feel extra icky.
I’ve never understood why they don’t get more blowback for that. Because instead of whoring out their privacy to Us Weekly they’re whoring out their privacy to Vogue or W or Vanity Fair? The result is the same.
“I’ve never understood why they don’t get more blowback for that. Because instead of whoring out their privacy to Us Weekly they’re whoring out their privacy to Vogue or W or Vanity Fair? The result is the same.”
That’s a great point actually. I have never thought about it like that, how the exclusivity/quality/status of the media players they… well play with interferes with how their message is perceived.
@Aremis, I guess you did not see my post a few days ago saying BTS was not showing in my area. There is one theatre in NYC showing BTS. I live over one hour away and the parking and traveling was just to much at this time. If it ever comes to my area I will be seeing it. I will buy the DVD if and when it comes out.
Yep It’s showing at the Lowes theater in Lincoln Square on Broadway in Manhattan.
But there are other ways to see this movie, certain downloads.
No I didn’t see it 🙂
I don’t know the showings for the UK but I’m not going to travel to see it that’s for sure. I might have to download or wait for DVD.
Sometimes I feel bad for celebs and how much their words are scrutinized or taken out of context.
U guys forgot Shiloh.
no!
That crap movie can’t have that acronym!
BTS belongs to Built to Spill, that is all!!!
they have 6 kids, but only 5 were listed. they left out Shiloh.
Uh oh, People. You said they have 6 kids then failed to mention Shiloh!