Angelina Jolie on her state of mind: “Not myself anymore”

The marriage of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt ended in a war of the roses, after which the Oscar winner became quiet. In an interview with the 48-year-old gave a surprising insight into her inner life. Seven years ago, Jolie said, she began appearing in films less frequently. Since then, she has only accepted jobs “that don’t require long hours of filming.” The reason is that she “still needed a lot of healing.” “We’re still trying to find our footing,” says the actress literally.

Jolie doesn’t elaborate further in the interview with “Vogue”, but the superstar did take fewer jobs after her marriage to Brad Pitt ended. Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016 after Pitt allegedly became violent during a private flight in the presence of their six children. The ex-spouses have been arguing for years about what actually happened on board the plane.

Angelina Jolie: “I feel depressed”

The actress, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for her performance in the drama “Crazy,” revealed in the interview that she was feeling “a little down these days.” “I don’t feel like I’ve been myself for a decade,” Jolie explains, adding in the same breath that she doesn’t want to elaborate.

In fact, since her success in “Maleficent – The Dark Fairy” (2014) and the flop “By the Sea” (2015), in which she played alongside Pitt, Jolie has appeared significantly less often in Hollywood productions than in the previous years. She only played a leading role in the sequel “Maleficent – ​​Powers of Darkness” (2019) and in “They Want Me Dead” (2021). In other works from recent years, such as the Marvel blockbuster “Eternals” (2021), she was only seen in supporting roles or part of a larger ensemble.