Brad Pitt Is Finally 'Satisfied'interview
Dotson RaderSeptember 15, 201170
Brad Pitt opens up about family and finding time for what's important in life in this Sundays PARADE with Dotson Rader. The 47-year-old star shares his thoughts on Angie, the kids, his private pain, and what he lives for now.
On being a "satisfied man"
I put much more emphasis on being a satisfied man. Im satisfied with making true choices and finding the woman I love, Angie, and building a family that I love so much. A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss.
Thats the trade-off. But Ill take it all.
It wasnt always that way
I spent the 90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony. I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasnt living an interesting life myself. I think that my marriage [to actress Jennifer Aniston] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasnt."
On Angelina
One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, Im so happy to have her.
On learning to be a parent
"I was surprised at how automatic it is, how much of it is instinctual. And now I have a great confidence and trust in those instincts. I mean, one sound at night and youre awake and up because they may need you. Or when they start to have a tantrum, you know to divert them from spinning out by helping them focus on something. It just goes on and on. I tell them, You can make a mess, but youve got to clean it up.
On being subject to fabrications about his personal life
"I mean, how many stories have you read that arent true, stories about me and Angie being married or fighting or splitting up? And when we dont split up, theres a whole new round that weve made up and were back together again! Well get married when everyone can. Were not splitting up. And we dont have a seventh child yet."
Pitt, whose new movie Moneyball opens September 23, also discusses why he adopted foreign-born children, lessons he learned from his father, and how he got that scar on his cheekbone. Check out PARADE this Sunday.