Angelina Jolie may stop acting once she is clear of her divorce battles with Brad Pitt

American actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the state dinner in honor of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie Reynolds/AFP) (Photo by Stephanie Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) )

Angelina Jolie has hinted at her desire to quit acting, as she revealed her plans to leave “unhealthy” Hollywood and “spend more time” in Cambodia once her divorce battles with Brad Pitt are resolved, which she claims has limited her ability to “travel”. free.”

The Daily Mail reported that this information revealed by Jolie came in a new interview with the Wall Street Journal. The 48-year-old actress, director, and humanitarian has lamented that so much of her life in recent years has centered around Los Angeles.

Jolie grew up with her actor parents, Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, in the Hollywood industry. “I grew up in a very shallow place,” the Oscar winner told the Wall Street Journal. “Of all the places in the world, Hollywood is not a healthy place. So you strive for authenticity.”

Jolie said she would have left Los Angeles much sooner, but explained that she is stuck dealing with her protracted legal battles with ex-husband Pitt.

“It’s part of what happened after my divorce,” Jolie said. I lost the ability to live and travel freely. “I’ll move when I can.”

Jolie initially filed for divorce in 2016, but the former couple has been mired in bitter disputes over custody of their six children and the sale of Chateau Miraval, the French winery they bought together in 2007.

As usual in interviews, Jolie did not say much to the Wall Street Journal about her marriage to Pitt or the ongoing fallout from their split. She claimed in court that he became drunk and violent with her and several of their children during a tense plane trip from Europe in 2016, prompting her to file for divorce. Pitt has long denied any abuse, and the FBI investigated Pitt for alleged child abuse, but decided not to press criminal charges.

In the Wall Street Journal story, Jolie said she and her children “need to heal,” explaining why she had somewhat retreated from working in films. She has only appeared in five films in the past seven years.

Jolie shares with Pitt her children Maddox (22 years old), Pax (19 years old), Zahara (18 years old), Shiloh (17 years old), and twins Vivienne and Knox (15 years old). Other reports said Jolie felt obligated to stay in California so her children could have regular contact with Pitt. Pete, based in Los Angeles.

Three of those children have since become adults and gone to college. There are also reports that the three older children, whom Jolie first adopted, may be estranged from their father, or have at least distanced themselves from him. Vogue referred to Jolie in a September profile as a “single mother of six.”

Perhaps this situation will make Jolie feel like she can start moving away from Los Angeles. She is known to have a house in Cambodia, where her eldest son Maddox was born. She also seems keen to embark on projects that don’t involve working in films.

One such project saw Jolie set up home in New York City and begin a new career as head of the luxury fashion brand bearing her name. In an interview with Vogue magazine in September, Jolie explained that she was stepping back from her prestigious and high-profile job as a goodwill ambassador and special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency.

In her new phase of life, Jolie partnered with Gabriella Hearst, Chloé’s creative director, to sell clothes in a building formerly owned by Andy Warhol. She told Vogue that she wanted to operate the space “as a kind of cultural design workshop where the cultural center meets.” This means the space could house a gallery of local artisans and a café run in partnership with refugee organisations, she said.

The Daily Mail jokingly reported that Jolie told the Wall Street Journal that she has no social life and that all her “close friends are refugees.” During her more than two decades at the United Nations, Jolie visited camps in Cambodia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Pakistan and other countries.

“There’s a reason why people who have been through hardships are more honest and more communicative, and I feel more comfortable with them,” Jolie told the Wall Street Journal. Why do I love spending time with people who survived as refugees? They have faced so much in life that it has brought them not only strength, but humanity as well.

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