Brad Pitt is one of the most-recognized names in Hollywood. Interestingly enough, he’s played roles in comedians, action-movies and even thrillers. That embodies the need to be adaptive to changing situations.
Following high school, he attended university and ryet emarkably, he quit his journalism degree just 2 weeks before finishing to pursue a love for acting while supporting himself with odd jobs. That embodies the need to be absolutely committed to your goals.
That one decision paid off very well. His acting career spans 30+ years and today he’s one of the most well paid actors and has received many awards. Hard work really does pay off, but in this list of quotes by Brad Pitt, we’ll focus on his thoughts happiness, love and life.
Let’s begin!
1. Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
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2. I get enraged when people start telling other people how to live their lives.
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3. You must lose everything in order to gain anything.
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4. I’ve been no stranger to change.
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5. Happiness is overrated. There has to be conflict in life.
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6. We’re mysteries to ourselves.
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7. What we’re seeing now is that greed is still alive and kicking, and banks are bigger than ever.
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8. I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what’s more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.
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9. You can’t be different for different’s sake, and this doesn’t always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it’s not truthful, don’t waste your time.
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10. I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.
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11. Seeing the world is the best education you can get. You see sorrow, and you also see great spirit and will to survive.
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12. It’s a violent world we live in. I don’t agree with trying to hide that or cover it up.
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14. I’d like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.
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15. tell young guys, don’t make choices because somebody else is telling you it’s good from a career maintenance perspective.
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16. Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.
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17. I was very curious about the world even at a young age, and I don’t know at what point I became aware that other cultures believed in different religions, and my question was, ‘Well, why don’t they get to go to Heaven then?
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18. Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.
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19. I have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have my family, and I haven’t known life to be any happier.
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20. It’s those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it’s a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses.
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21. I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said ‘We saw your movie.’ ‘Which one?’ I said. He shouted ‘Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn’t like?
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22. What’s valuable to me has become clearer as I’ve got older. To me, it’s about the value of your time and your day and the value of the people you spend it with.
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23. My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn’t want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life.
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24. You want to stake your own claim.
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25. I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.
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26. The latitude and longitudinal lines of where you are born determine your opportunity in life, and it’s not equal. We may have been created equal, but we’re not born equal. It’s a lot to do with luck and you have to pass that on.
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27. My life has been about big changes.
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28. When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair and a Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe lamp. With my second paycheck, I bought a stereo.
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29. I’m one of those people you hate because of genetics. It’s the truth.
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30. I always knew I was going somewhere – going out. I just knew. I just knew. I just knew there were a lot more points of view out there.
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31. My affliction has been… I can make something or draw something or design something better than I can explain it.
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32. When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.
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33. Where I grew up, we started out in Oklahoma and then moved to Missouri, it was considered hubris to talk about yourself. And the downside of that was that ideas rarely got exchanged, or true feelings.
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34. By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You’ve just got to keep moving. You can’t stop.
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35. I’m a bit of a loner, you know? I’m more quiet by nature. And coming from, you know, hillbilly country, I’m probably more reserved.
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36. Actions speak louder than words, and it’s no more true than with your kids.
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37. We sometimes let ourselves be rated too much by others – we put so much emphasis on a paycheck or what a magazine says.
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38. When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It’s just a first impression. Then there’s someone who doesn’t catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren’t what you would call beautiful sex symbols.
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39. My training is documented on film.
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40. Once you get older, you get a little closer to yourself, intimate.
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