Angelina Jolie has drastically changed since her early years as a rebellious young actress dabbling in drugs and risky roles, to becoming a humanitarian mother of six focused on her family. She was transformed after meeting Brad Pitt in 2005 and experiencing world-changing moments like witnessing war zones and refugee camps that led her to dedicate her life to helping others. Now she aims to raise her children with a global perspective and respect for people around the world.

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The reinvention of Angelina Jolie
No matter what AngelinaJolie does,she makesan impression.
Whetheryousee heras a tattooed-notoriousyoungadultora movie starhumanitarianmotherof six
and marriedtoBrad Pitt.
Some of you maystill see heras the younggirl with bigmysterious eyesandlongbrownhairwhowould
go off the rails,notonlyin hermoviesbutalsoinreal life,doingunimaginable things.Beingthe
daughterof someone sohighup,whotakes‘strict’back to worldwar one didn’t phase her,she hadno
boundaries andwouldnotobeyarule fromanyone especiallywhenitcame tofun.
It was herlove forfunand adventure thatmade itso easyfor herto playsuch irrational roles,froma
psychologically mentalpatient,avindictivequeen,asuper-spy,toone thatstill standsout,herbi-sexual
supermodel role inGiawhichshe performedsowell thatitsurprisedus,andmade us consider…does
AngelinaJolie like girls?Atthe time of filmingitwasn’ttoo scandalous asshe hasn’tyet metBrad so this
was acceptednotonlyinsocietybutby herfans.
I, myself thoughtthatAngelinacouldhave relatedalottoher role inGia because of the drug addiction,
Gia was addictedtoHeroinas wasAngelina,butAngsaysthatshe feltdeeplysorryforhercharacter and
wouldshifttoa somberplace.
I thinkwe were all genuinely relievedwhenBradcame along,calmingAngelinadownbutalsogivingher
somethingelsetofocusherself oninsteadof drugsandrock & roll.It wastrulya magical happening
whentheymet,andis evenmore magical whenputinherownwords "you gettogetherandyou're two
individualsandyoufeel inspiredbyeachother,youchallenge eachother,youcomplementeachother,
drive eachotherbeautifullycrazy.Afterall these years,we have history—andwhenyouhave history
withsomebody,you're friendsinsuchaveryreal,deepwaythat there'ssucha comfort,and an ease,
and a deeplove thatcomesfromhavingbeenthroughquite alottogether."
At least she’sbeing‘beautifullycrazy’now.
Angelinahasdrasticallychangedherattitudeandlifestyle since meetingBradin2005, you wouldthink
withherbeautyand Brad’sencouragingapproachAngwouldhave manyyearsof modellingaheadof
her,but sadlyparentingherthree adoptivechildrenMaddox,Zahara,Pax,andherthree birthchildren
Shiloh‘John’,Knox andVivienne isafull time job,atleastshe still nailsitonthe redcarpet.Ang started
modellingforclothingwhenshe wasjusteighteenyearsof age whichis the age a girl starts to mature,
howeverrecentlypictures have beenexposed fromwhenAngwassixteenyearsof age,modellingin
herbikini’s,atime close towhenshe movedherolderboyfriendintohermother’shome.Herlife then
and herlife nowinmodellingisahuge contrast,you couldsayher earlyyearswouldhave claimedthe

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title ‘Rebellious’and‘Dangerous’whereasnow herappearancesinVogue,VanityFair,FHMandEmpire
label heras ‘world’smostbeautiful woman’and‘the sexiestwomanalive’ notadark wordto be said.
On what she thought her life wouldbe like
“I neverthoughtIwouldhave children,IneverthoughtIwouldmeetthe rightpersonandInever
thoughtI wouldbe inlove.”Ang says.“Havingcome from a brokenhome – youkindof acceptthat
certainthingsfeel likeafairytale,andyoujust don’tlookforthem.”
On the life-changingmomentthatput heron her humanitarian path
“The life-changingmomentforme wasthe firsttime Iwentto a war zone for twoweekselevenyears
ago. I spentsome time inSierra,abrutal conflictwhere theycutoff arms of little kids.Icouldnotfor the
life of me understandhowthiswashappening.Itwaslike someone hadsmackedme inthe face forall
the timesI worryaboutmy ownproblems.Iwentto Tanzaniaandsaw the firstmass refugee campthat
held500,000 people.WhenIsawthat seaof humanity,displaced,withthe lackof humanrightsand not
knowingwhattheirfuture is,itwasso dauntingthatI was incomplete shockandwhenIgot to the
airport,I talkedtomy motheron the phone andbroke down.Itwas thenthat I decidedtolive abetter
life andnever,everforgetwhatIhadjustseen.”
On how her childhoodwas differentto the one she is creating for her children
“We weren’tasat home inthe world.Withmy family,Iam tryingtoraise themto have respectfor all
people andtomake friendsaroundthe worldandfeel athome aroundthe world.It’swhat isforming
them.Of course,I make sure theydo theirmathand theirscience,butthe worldperspective isthe most
importantthing.”
OS: It soundedlike ithardenedyou for a while.Yousaid earlierthat whenyou were young,you were
darker, more introverted,what do you think changed you as you got older?
“Um… Well,whenIstartedtotravel and got to see whatother people’s struggleswere–I got outof
myself.Thatandhavingchildren.The momentyouhave achild,inan instant,yourlife isnotforyou and
your life iscompletely,100 percentdedicatedtoanotherhumanbeingandtheywill alwayscome first.It
changesyouforever.Itgivesyoua nice purpose andfocus.I’mlovingandsoftagain because theyhave
broughtthat back inmy life.