Brad Pitt covers the new issue of Psychologies, a UK magazine, to promote Fury. Thus far, the Fury promotion has been mostly UK-based (Brad covers the new issue of British GQ too), but I’m hoping that as we get closer to Fury’s release date, Brad will be doing some American press. As for the interview… Brad doesn’t say anything juicy, but I do like these quotes a lot. He just sounds like he adores his kids and that family is his priority.
It’s an especially good time to be Brad Pitt. The newlywed, 50, opens up about his children with wife Angelina Jolie in the November issue of the U.K.’s Psychologies magazine. Regarding what he’s learned from raising Maddox, 13, Pax, 10, Zahara, 9, Shiloh, 8, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 6, proud papa Pitt, 50, says, “You learn to value the basic beauty of family, of watching your children grow and evolve. It’s the most beautiful thing you can experience.”
“I feel like the richest man alive since I’ve become a father,” Pitt adds.
How else has the Fury star’s life changed since becoming a parent? “Being a father has changed me on so many levels and made me more generous and alive. I see my children as an essential part of my life, and it means so much to be able to educate them and help them make their way in the world as they grow up,” the twice-wed actor explains. “I love being a father and all the responsibilities that entails.”
As one might imagine, Pitt is a protective parent. “I worry about them all the time,” he says of his kids. “That’s the emotional bond and responsibility that sweeps over you when you have a family to look after. I care about them more than I care about myself, which I think is the real definition of love. You see past yourself and become more generous and giving, and wanting only the best for your family.”
I believe him. Brad’s whole life changed when he got with Angelina and became a dad to Maddox and then Zahara. And then they kept on rolling. I’m not sure if Angelina would have ended up having so many kids if she wasn’t with a partner who wanted a big family and was prepared to be a good dad to all of them. Nice.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Cute. God I am jealous of their family, man. Obviously they have tons of money, but I think anybody would be lucky to have such adoring parents who love their kids and each other.
Yeah So true. 🙂
was digging around for Fury footage when i came across this Maleficent behind the scenes clip. i guess this is the one that AJ described as them being set parents.
http://bradpittonline.tumblr.com/post/97664296911/brad-was-on-the-set-of-maleficent-with-angie-and
Knox and his flying leap.
Awww, that was cute. And Z had to get her hug in.
🙂
I love his comments on fatherhood.
And yeah Brad became another man when he got together with Angie and created a family.
Good for him. It’s better than saying the opposite!
I do believe one’s life can be equally rich with or without children, though. You only have to think of all the fatherless kids and broken homes to realise that becoming a parent isn’t necessarily a magic wand to conjure up a better life.
I think having children is what he really wanted, so his life wouldn’t have been as meaningful without children. Those of us who don’t want children have different priorities, but I can’t think of anything more important in establishing compatability with a partner. To child or not to child.
Can someone from the UK explain the focus of this magazine? I’m confused with the celebrity element and the self-help vibe.
Yeah, those headlines looked super schizophrenic to me too… interviews with a movie star and a billionaire, but also something about feminism, but also marriage and exercise tips?
But the more I look at it, the more it looks like it’s all about bettering yourself and finding fulfillment, with celebrities giving personal insights into what makes them happy/successful. So pretty much the same as every “women’s”/”lifestyle” magazine on American newsstands… but smarter/posher. It would actually be cool if more A-list celebrity interviews were tailored toward a specific topic, like family or traveling or overcoming addiction/depression. We find out a lot more, and skip the sycophantic details about what they wore to the interview, what their co-stars think of them, etc.
I always pass over it, since it seems to lack interiors and cuisine…..but in the interests of research I shall buy this issue….
It’s a women’s magazine focused on psychology + living a healthy lifestyle mentally. A few recipes thrown in.
They always use a mega celebrity cover story and interview. Last month they had Hilary on the cover.
It’s not a stand out unless you are determined to live a self help therapised lifestyle.
I looked it up–Fury comes out October 17th….so I’m surprised that I haven’t really seen any promotion or anything from the actors. Hulu had an exclusive featurette pop up a day or two ago. The movie looks really good. The featurette was good too.
Apparently everything you see is real–it’s all real tanks, real explosions, and for the costumes, they went and got costumes that were actually made during the war…so everything is very authentic.
I can’t wait to see it–EVERYONE (except Shia, I don’t find him attractive really) is HOT. I don’t know who he is, but I love the guy in the trailer who says ‘Well, we do get a dollar thirty five a day….’….
I just saw a quick trailer for it last night. It seems, to me, from the little that I saw, to be a movie that has been done, and done and done again.
I agree. It looked like Band of Brothers.
Ah, I’ve never seen Band of Brothers. I don’t really watch a lot of war time films–that focus on the actual fighting. I’ve seen Saving Private Ryan, Gallipoli, and that’s about it. So, I guess to me, it hasn’t been done before. Are there any good war movies that focused on the people inside the tanks?
Also–see what you mean about ‘it’s been done before’, now that I think about it. The line where Lucius Malfoy (seriously can’t remember his name) says ‘if they get past x, we’re dead’…that was kinda cheesy and oh so typical….we’re the group of five men against a thousand and we win! But if the story and the acting is good enough, then I think that’ll compensate for it–at least to me it will.
I don’t mind stereotypes and overused tropes as long as its carried out well.
I am so over these two. idk there’s always been something about him I didn’t like. I think he’s a d***.
I get that you don’t like brad and angie and that’s totall ok but pls pray tell why you call him a dick. Has he done something to you to make you call him a dick?? Smh
I think that comment is hilarious. I actually can’t stop laughing and I have no ill will toward Pitt.
Still laughing…it tickled me so…I am nuts, I guess.
i don’t know about @kiddo, but i spooked by cat with an ill-timed guffaw when i read the word “he’s” as “he has”. because obv. explained everything.
No Kiddo you’re not nuts
I guess we all have different sense of humour 🙂
I just feel you shouldn’t call someone that when he hasn’t done something to prove he is actually that! Simply because you don’t like him.
I don’t hate them. I’m just over hearing about every stinking move they make. I’m sorry but I think he takes on the persona of who he is dating/married to. She is legit. But I think he is a moron. First he’s highlights and bongs and now he’s all about saving the world. Have an original thought please. He seems to be insensitive. Idk it’s me I guess. Just a vibe. But no hate.
@Pnichols, who wrote: “Have an original thought please. He seems to be insensitive. Idk it’s me I guess. Just a vibe. But no hate.”
He seems to be ‘insensitive’ … about what/whom?
It puzzles me why people get so annoyed whenever they see the Jolie-Pitts–even if it’s once a year–and claim they are ‘always’ talking about everything they do. Like every other working actor, when they have films coming out they do a PR tour. They have to. It’s in their contract with the Studio, and it’s not just something only ‘the Jolie-Pitts’ do. All actors are asked about their personal lives In interviews about their film projects, especially if they recently married/got engaged/had a child. It is not just something the Jolie-Pitts sit down and start talking about off the cuff.
Like Angelina Jolie, Brad was drawn to Humanitarian projects before they met. He just didn’t have a partner who was equally invested enough to travel to third-world country to try and make a difference in the world (and that is NOT a dig at Jennifer Aniston, but I think we can all now see just how different their paths/views of life were). I’ve followed Brad Pitt’s career since “Thelma and Louise” in 1991. In my opinion, Brad is still that boy from Missouri; he’s just mellowed with age. 🙂
pnichols – that’s how I’ve always thought of him, the exact word (are you from the UK too?). I don’t understand the attraction, his success and mostly the way his actions and words over the years have been overlooked while his wife and ex-wife have been vilified.
Haha, that’s funny because pitt is the swedish word for dick. When Brad Pitt first got famous I always laughed when I saw his name.
(PS. I like both Pitt and Jolie).
Haha. So the first commenter was accurate, this whole thing is ridiculously funny.
Now THIS comment has me laughing as hard as @kiddo.
ha! this reminds me of a story I heard (not sure about the veracity) about the short-lived “Joanie and Chachi” Happy Days spin-off.
allegedly, “Chachi” is a slang term for d0ng in Japanese, and when that show debuted in Japan, viewers were very disappointed.
Emma- it’s ok. It’s just my opinion. I’m allowed to have one. Relax.
@Pnichols, who wrote: “Emma- it’s ok. It’s just my opinion. I’m allowed to have one. Relax.”
Of course you are … and so am I, so chill yourself. 🙂
Emma – why is this even a conversation. You have your opinion, i have mine. Mine is he’s a dick. Let’s press on.
I thought your opinion was that he’s ‘insensitive.’ But whatevas. 🙂
Brad looks nice in the above pictures. he sure can clean and dress up well given the motivation. but i also admire his ability to be smokin’ one day and Hello-gross-chateau-person the next day.
yesterday, Tyler Durden was on tv. can’t believe it’s been nigh on 15 yrs
Good on him! He is a lovely man and Angelina is a lucky woman.
It’s so obvious he made the right choice getting with Angie. They have the same values and life goals.
I have to admit, when they got together I really wondered if it was going to last, but he proved me wrong. Good for him.
I don’t think it’s bad to think that they wouldn’t last…..aside from the whole scandal of them getting together, they started a family (and added to that family) very quickly. Had all six of their kids within 3-4 years of being together. I think that had more to do with Brad’s age (over forty), but still.
It just depends on the person. If Brad and/or Angelina had not been committed to coparenting their children together, had not been committed to being a couple in love despite work, kids, etc–then it could’ve easily fell apart. And it wouldn’t have mattered how much Brad or Angelina wanted all of those kids, wanted each other–you have to constantly fight to make a relationship work.
I always felt like Brad and Angelina were a solid couple because of their quotes on their relationship. How they always make sure to point out that their children are not their relationship–they point out that you have to take couple time, to reconnect without the kids. I think that’s a nice balance between “OMG we’re so in LURVE and our kids are ANGELS!!!!” and “Marriage is so hard, I have to work at it.” i.e. always focusing on negatives and never really gushing….
Awwwwwwww! That’s so nice!
“I worry about them all the time,” he says of his kids. “That’s the emotional bond and responsibility that sweeps over you…” Eloquently put. Time to go make breakfast…
Of course you’d feel richer you sold your children pictures for a lot of dough
Um, they didn’t keep the money themselves, it went to charity.
yeah that’s what they said
hilda, the foundation the money went to released the details and anyone can look at the information as its public information. So it was proven to be true.
sweetie you’re so naive
No honey you are so ignorant and naïve of how public taxable foundations work. Do some research. Even the haters found NOTHING bad on them when the tax returns were released. Anyone can access this information. Whether you want to believe it or not, it was PROVEN true. You’re making a fool of yourself here, ok. Whoever you are….
@Hilda …
I’ll add to what Sal and Janet have said by mentioning that the money is always handled by a third party (usually Getty). The Jolie-Pitts never touch a dime of the money paid for their photos.
The money went to charity. It’s a matter of public record. Google it.
Okay, it’s sweet that he loves his kids but why do I feel like he says these same schmaltzy things about his kids and fatherhood in every interview? Look, I love my kid and all that but Christ on a cracker if I waxed poetic about her like he does about his everytime someone asked me about motherhood.
Who knew that loving your family and talking about them more often than not was a bad thing? Critical, much?
Brad doesn’t need to keep confirming and reconfirming to us that he loves his family. It’s clear he does. Also ,sometimes when someone talks about how wonderful everything is usually it’s the opposite.
Hmmm, so since he talked about his kids and how much he loves and cares about them, it’s just the opposite meaning he doesn’t really love love or care about them. Good to know. Brad, they’re onto you. Ugh.
Clearly Brad loves his family ,which is exactly what I said.
Yes, actually, you are critical much. Well done. Sorry I don’t feel as you do about his samesy kid talk in every interview. It’s cheesy. You don’t have to agree but a comment section is for commenting. It’s evident you like them. So keep on keepin’ on with that. My opinion of his interview stylings certainly isn’t meant to stop your love.
@Marigold
Oh please. Grow up.
Can I pont out that this is not a new interview. For one Brad hasn’t had long hair in over a year so Cover Pictures is not new and that if you read the full interview it’s just bits and pieces from old interviews mix in with info from “Fury” but no actual quotes from Brad about “Fury” or his character.
Brad Pitt = awesome. I swear, even though he’s 50 years old and has bags under his eyes (probably from having so many kids, lol), he’s still insanely hot.
I love him and Angelina together. And their whole family is so cute.
Yes, we know you have kids. So does Jon Gosselin and Octomom.
Here is why his comments grate on me. I get that kids are wonderful – but if he truly did parenting in it’s entirety he would say it is hard work and brings you to your knees at times.
The problem is that Brad has fun times with his kids but doesn’t really parent. Think he has ever gotten up at 5AM to drive his kids to hockey practice? How about made goodies for a bake sale? See the thing is that Brad has not changed his life at all due to his children. Really his children have had to fit into his life – not the other way around. If Brad “truly loved being a father and all the responsibility that entails” he would live a very different life. He would slow down his schedule and make sure that his children were in school, playing in team sports, being in sports day, etc. That would mean sacrifice.
Do posters on this site honestly believe that Maddox is “fine” not going to school, not playing with a team, not doing teenage stuff with friends. This kid is almost 14 and basically lives a nomadic life so his parents can make movie after movie. Sure he has seen a lot of countries and had great experiences but he needs his own life now.
The men in my life who truly love their children are walking their kids to school after a night shift, taking extra jobs to pay school fees, cancelling certain activities for themselves to ensure they are present when their kids needs them at sports days, concerts.
Talk is cheap and I am tired of it. It reminds me of one friend I have who goes on and on about how important her kids are and then is rarely home and has “retreats” every other weekend away from the kids.
We don’t really know what big or small changes they’ve done in their lives when they had or adopted their children. You are just guessing.
We cannot compare middle class to millionaires anyway.
Goop has complained about how hard it is for her to be a mom, and I she has a much easier lifestyle than any middle class or poorer mom.
And still just by being an involved parent takes hard work. I can respect the fact. They did not have hildren to ship them away to boarding school like some jet setters do.
WTF? Who are you to tell someone how to parent? Is your way of parenting the only and right way of parenting? Do you live in their home to know what they do for their kids? Ugh, so annoying. If you’re tired of it, stop following their news and stop with the pretense worrying about other people’s kids and go take care of your own household.
@Blueejay – Do posters on this site honestly believe that Maddox is “fine” not going to school, not playing with a team, not doing teenage stuff with friends.
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And what evidence do you have that he doesn’t do those things.
I’ve seen tons of pictures on JP sites with all of the kids hanging out with friends in fact their were pictures taken at their Santa Barbara property during the time of Maddox’s last birthday with him surrounded by at least 8 boys of his own age.
Wow. I have never thought of it that way (and I am a huge Angelina Jolie fan), but you really have a point.
@Bluejay: so what you are basically saying is that rich men cannot be good fathers because they are rich. That they don’t work stupid hours, worrying about next payslip etc and that automatically makes them not good fathers. To me that just sounds like you judge people’s feelings and emotions based on their wealth.
As for Brad & Angelina’s way of raising their children – how do you know they don’t drop their children off to sports, classes and other things? Do you live with them? Just because they are not photographed doing those things it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t happen. The JPs have proved several times that they know how to keep things on the low and how to have things done without the press’s knowledge – Masectomy story is just one example. Plus the children have plenty of friends which is evident by the few pictures that has been captured of them playing in the parks.
Just out of curiosity – do you judge other families like military, governmental, or other working people who shift places a lot of times of neglecting their children’s upbringing?
Actually yes I do. If you make a decision to have children you need to realize that your life needs to change. You need to sacrifice, you need to change what you did previously.
I work with teens and let me tell you the parenting we have now is messing up kids. it is just sick. So many parents use their children like an accessory. Oh I love my new purse – Oh I love my children. Oh here let me put my purse on the shelf and leave it – Oh here let me go away and work a lot to make millions or get myself a big name and basically forget I have children. Why exactly do you think that rich kids are usually so messed up?
If you can’t change your lifestyle you should never have kids. Kids are not toys they need support, they need to be put first, they need friends and sports and a “home” (a place where you live for months at a time not a hotel). I am just so sick of poor parents and then where I work we deal with the depression and suicide attempts and parents who are to busy to even show up. And that is how I see the Pitts.
Unbelievable. BlueeeJay your nonsense is too absurd to even warrant the dignity of a reply, except to say the JPs are well-known for their kids being the centre of their lives. If any kids were ever to be neglected or unloved, I think we can put money on it that it will not be the JP kids. Out of all of Hollywood, they are the ones truly blessed to have committed parents who scaled back their work once the kids came along and made sure that one films and the other is home with the children. Not many Hollywood couples would do that for their children or make the sacrifices for their children that the JPs have. That’s a fact. The JP kids sure are the luckiest children in Hollywood and I have no doubt a child psychologist would back this up. I’d put money on it. Anyone who actually truly works with kids would be saying how lucky their children are to have such devoted and dedicated parents. The JPs should serve as a model for other Hollywood parents.
LMAO. So now, the Jolie-Pitt kids are going to be/are depressed and suicidal. SMH. No words. I somehow feel sorry for the teens you work with.
@BlueJay
Brad and Angelina HAVE made sacrifices for their kids. Case in point–neither one of them work at the same time. One of them is always with their kids, while the other is working (except for when the schedules changed for Fury/Unbroken). Both of them–especially Angelina–could’ve worked a whole lot more than they have. When Maleficent came out, Angelina hadn’t had a movie where she acted in nearly four years. And, as I said on a previous thread, Brad has nothing on the pipelines that would need him on a set (as per IMDB)–as Angelina has directing gigs for the rest of this year and next year.
And I don’t get how keeping your family together is such a bad thing. How many other actors do you see who leave their kids for 2-3 months at a time, a couple times a year to do movies. I remember last year, when Russell Crowe tweeted to a traveling salesman on twitter that he understood how he felt, as he’d only been home for 30 days out of the year, last year. And this was right after his wife filed for divorce….
And we don’t know how often they spend time with their friends. They honestly are not photographed that much, and usually not in ‘personal’ situations. So we don’t know if Brad or Angelina brings them to 5 am soccer practices (WHO has 5 am soccer practices for kids–my siblings’ practices are in the afternoons), or if they HAVE soccer practice.
I find it odd that him saying some nice about his family is twisted. He didn’t call them perfect little angels. He didn’t say he was perfect. He said that they changed his life. All kids change their parents lives (hopefully for the better)–and it means a lot because he seems like someone that kids were a huge deal to him.
Virgi, hockey practice is at 5:00 am. Small town, so there is only one rink to share.
People historically have lived like nomads for longer then we have been settled down. There are still people that live like nomads today. Have all those people been damaged? I think it all depends how the parents organize and see to our children needs. Me and my family has moved around a bit (also in the movie business) and my children actually like our adventures. In between we have a family home and school that we always go back to. If my oldest son said he wouldn’t want to make a temporary move somewhere one of us would stay, but so far he has enjoyed it.
Hahahaha! @Bluejay I guess you live with them in the same house to actually know all of these things! You sound So ridiculous (rolling my eyeballs!) I guess other commenters have rightfully said what I wanted to say .
@Blueejay – I am just so sick of poor parents and then where I work we deal with the depression and suicide attempts and parents who are to busy to even show up. And that is how I see the Pitts.
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Ouch. As other posters have said, you know nothing about what goes on at the heart of their family life and for you to make such a statement as that about Brad and Angie is just really obscene.
BTW you never responded to the question of another poster about whether you feel the same level of disgust at military personnel and other people in occupations that mean they have to frequently travel in their jobs.
So I guess this never happened right?
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/fp/Maddox+Pax+Jolie+Pitt+Playing+Soccer+Friends+0j_qyl9LcWnl.jpg
http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/images/various/maddox1.jpg
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/fp/Knox+Vivienne+Jolie+Pitt+Enjoy+Day+Park+2i-OZPvHExcl.jpg
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/fp/Shiloh+Jolie+Pitt+Shiloh+Zahara+Jolie+Pitt+4PoUG7OY0JBl.jpg
This is just some of the pictures out there like the kids at summer camp with Denise Richards kids but what am I talking about YOU live with them so of course the in and out of there lives.
Photoshop
Lol
@Bluejay…Apparently, your training does not allow you to include objectivity, or the habit of judging each case on its own merits. Could it be that your tendency towards hyperbole, and judgementalism might be affecting your clients at work. Whatever happened to logic and reason. Your claims and baseless assumptions are beyond ridiculous!
Don’t tell Aniston.
Don’t you worry – Aniston is notoriously known to follow the JPs and read their interviews. She even mentioned it herself.
Lol…she should probably stay away from this interview then, it may make her head explode.
This kind of relationship dynamic and obvious familial love that is sadly lacking among people in the public eye. I’d love to see more people truly care so much about their family and not be embarrassed to make their lives revolve around those they love. But saying that, I’d rather see and hear nothing about the JPs because I’d not hesitate to imagine that it was because they were spending valuable time with their family.
BlueJay simply stated her opinion and why. If you don’t agree, fine. I don’t think she deserves to be insulted or belittled because of it.
I absolutely adore the man he has become.
I agree. He’s so much more than just a “pretty face” now. I think he always has been but it took living the life he has now to completely bring it out in full-force. He is an admirable man.
Blue Jay, You don’t live with them so you can only make assumptions. If you’re that judgemental about people you don’t know, how do you go to work everyday. I thought you were suppose to have an objective opinion, but instead you scrutinize strangers and act like you know how they raise their children. It’s like being a doctor and saying someone has a disease without even checking them.
One thing I am so tired of is how they both keep talking about how they’re about to “scale down” retire, etc. etc. to spend more time with their family. This goes back like years (first time I remember hearing it was when they Adopted Pax!) And of course they spent most of last year on separate movie sets (at the same time *cough cough*) half their family was like half a world away… They should just own up to both being workaholics and not pretend anymore.
Lena you are incorrect in saying they were apart most of last year. Yes for the first time last year they were making different movies in different parts of the world for like 3 months, not most of the year (Angelina and the kids landed in OZ in Sept and Brad flew to the UK in late August). They were together in LA for most of the year, together as they have been now for almost 10 years. They are very good at evading the paps in LA but pics of them are seen from time to time.
Sometimes no matter how much you schedule things work does separate family members. Brad discusses this in the new Nov GQ UK as for the first time they were not able to hopscotch their working schedules of one parent working while the other did not. He discusses how they made sure that their kids spent time with both parents in both the UK and OZ. He also says that there were 24 hour trips to spend one day together, which is what the flight between UK and OZ takes. He also mentions the letters he and Angelina wrote to each other while apart. Angelina said they won’t do this again and sounds like Brad feels the same way.
Angelina had no film out for 4 long years, is that not scaling work back? Brad does not churn out a film a month as some actors do, he made one film last year Fury. They are working together on a film in Gozo Malta and the whole family is together.
Neither is pretending anything. They don’t have to like some insist on doing.
I, as well don’t see the need to insult people at all. As adults I think we should be able to discuss a subject without being rude. Unfortunately that happens frequently on this site. Just saying.
As well, just so everyone knows, I feel the same way about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. If not for their wives their children would have very little stability. None of these men (Brad included) plan to alter their lives at all for their children. They continue to make movie after movie with no thought to what it means to the family. Especially as their children age. They have made millions, they can call the shots. How about one movie a year in the summer when their family can be with them and then for the rest of the year they act like every other father. Field trips, sports days, early morning hockey runs, calls from the school for a sick child. And no these men do not do that. Kids needs parents who revolve around them – their activities, their friends, their sports. Not the other way around.
Fly at it – defend Ben and Matt now.
You know what? I WILL defend Ben, Matt and Brad because you clearly don’t know any of these men personally. How on earth can you know how their children feel about them working? The only way you can know for sure is to actually talk to their kids and you certainly haven’t done that.
You sound like one of those people who think that you should give up your entire previous adult life now that there are kids involved. Having kids do change things and some changes are necessary but helicoptering a child isn’t exactly a healthy way to be for the child. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with working outside the home and having interests that doesn’t involve your kids.
And the fact that you would actually judge military families for having the same lifestyle is extremely appalling to me.
@Blueejay: now I am seriously worried about the children (teenagers) you take care off.
You are clearly judgemental and claims things about people you have never ever met.
In every role when dealing with humans especially children – you have be objective and access the people before making up your mind about them.
It seems that if one of those teenagers you take care of happens to be from a rich family – you will immediately critize the parents without actually knowing anything.
You clearly have prejudice against rich people and especially rich men who work.
You guys missed the memo. Play nice no need to personally attack – lets keep our decisions about the subject and not attack each other.