Angelina Jolie to quit acting

By Tribute on December 6, 2012 | 47 Comments


Angelina Jolie has revealed she’s planning to quit acting once her children hit their teenage years. Although she enjoys acting and the success she has attained over the years; she says staying home to take care of her children is what makes her happy. “I will do some films and I am so fortunate to have the job, it’s a really lucky profession to be a part of and I enjoy it,” Jolie said during an interview on Britain’s Channel 4 News. “But if it went away tomorrow I would be very happy to be home with the children. I wake up in the morning as a mom and I turn on the news like everybody else and I see what’s happening and I want to be part of the world in a positive way.” She added, “I think I’m going to have to give up the acting as the kids hit the teenage years, anyway, too much to manage at home.” Recently, Brad Pitt, the father of her children, said he was going to give up acting when he turns 50 in order to focus on directing. ~Luxy Hariharan



Comments & Discussion

  1. Andrea • December 6, 2012 @ 10:24 AM

    Actors announce they’re quitting all the time, but these fame hogs can’t handle being out of the spotlight for long.

  2. Samuel • December 6, 2012 @ 10:43 AM

    Can’t stand her.

  3. MovieGoer • December 6, 2012 @ 11:07 AM

    How does that saying go again? Ah yes, “If you don’t have anything nice to say…”

  4. David • December 6, 2012 @ 11:18 AM

    @Andrea – completely agree. The two of them won’t quit acting. It’s their drug.

  5. harleighq • December 6, 2012 @ 11:52 AM

    She is a lovely woman, who puts priorities in the right order. She has already proven that to her, people come first. Why wouldn’t she put her family first?

  6. Ihaterealitytv • December 6, 2012 @ 11:58 AM

    Women who want to put their family first get married before popping them out. I realize all the haters are now going to start spewing at me, but that’s my opinion and I’m entitled to it.

  7. Queenjeanna • December 6, 2012 @ 12:15 PM

    Isn’t it usually it’s the other way around? Stay at home with your kids until they go to school or are teenagers, then go back to work? I guess when you’re famous, everything is ass backwards.

  8. Snepts • December 6, 2012 @ 12:39 PM

    There is nothing backwards about Angelina’s ass, Queenjeanna…

  9. anonymous2 • December 6, 2012 @ 1:38 PM

    She’s threatening to quit so Hollywood will beg her not to because they aren’t hiring her right now.

  10. Linda • December 6, 2012 @ 1:55 PM

    I have seen both her and Brad’s movies and cannot understand how they got to where they are. I keep thinking that the next movie they make will be good…but it isn’t. Brad’s last movie “killing them Softly was just terrible. A whole lot of swearing and killing and very little story line. It is the last movie of his that I will pay good money to see

  11. cb • December 6, 2012 @ 3:29 PM

    Angelina is very brave to open her mouth to say anything.
    She is willing to be bad-mouthed because what she believes is intelligent and important! Compassion for others and she is able to do something about it.
    By the way, she can take her children with her while they are small. When the are older they won’t want to do that.

  12. Debbie M • December 6, 2012 @ 3:52 PM

    Ihatereality you obviously do not live in it.

    marriage does not come first anymore, welcome to the 21st century. and as far as her quitting she has not been doing much lately so yeah i can see her quitting and for good reason taking care of her kids is a good thing too many latch key kids turn into hoodlums these days.

  13. Sol • December 6, 2012 @ 4:00 PM

    QUIT acting? When did she START?

  14. Jessica • December 6, 2012 @ 4:08 PM

    You’re right Debbie M. marriage does not come first and that’s not anything to boast about. I feel ashamed for people who have kids out of wedlock and even worse for their poor confused kids. BTW, Brad and Angelina are getting married because their kids begged them to. Children are smarter than adults these days.

  15. Jessica C • December 6, 2012 @ 4:29 PM

    oh my god Jessica, while you are entitled to your opinion there is nothing wrong with having a child out of wedlock. since when does marriage mean that the kids are going to have both parents forever or that both parents would be happy. being happy and healthy is all that matters whether your married or not. SO please get over your demented view of seeing that by not being married, you confuse your kids. My man and I arent married but have been together for five years now and have three beautiful kids. My kids are not confused and are happy thank you very much.

  16. C-Dub • December 6, 2012 @ 4:41 PM

    I didn’t read a comment about her first sentence- She is planning to quit when her kids are teenagers. Why is she waiting until they are pretty much self sufficient? Quit now when they are young and need to be taught right from wrong and stay away from drugs and tie shoe laces and save your money and don’t take candy from strangers. Why when they are teenagers and she’s like 60 and should retire anyway.

  17. My Opinion • December 6, 2012 @ 5:36 PM

    That’s all very nice to want to stay home with the kids when they will be teenagers. But unfortunately, as soon as kids become teenagers they don’t want to stay home. Instead they want to spend their time with friends, away from ma and pa and home. So Jolie will end up being at home, alone.

  18. The_Message • December 6, 2012 @ 5:50 PM

    It’s like a jungle sometimes, makes me wonder how I keep from going under. A child is form no state of mind, blind to the ways of man kind.

  19. Pamela • December 6, 2012 @ 5:51 PM

    You bitches are just jealous. Keep complaining behind your computer.

  20. OldSchool • December 6, 2012 @ 5:52 PM

    I knew it, she is an ALIEN!!!

  21. Kimberly • December 6, 2012 @ 5:54 PM

    She’ll be old, wrinkly, and no one will give a damn about who brangelina was, when her kids are teenagers.

  22. hater • December 6, 2012 @ 5:59 PM

    Hah! She is so dumb. I think it is a stunt to get more attention. Once again using her kids as pawns. She should stay home now, these arethe formative yrs for these kids! What is she gonna do, spend time with them after they dabble in drugs and crime? Or, make out with their brothers in public? Get real woman.

  23. Q • December 6, 2012 @ 6:51 PM

    Actors are humans too, they can lie if they want to.

  24. Q • December 6, 2012 @ 6:51 PM

    Actors are humans too, they can lie if they want to.

  25. suckmykiss • December 6, 2012 @ 6:55 PM

    You people need to get off the trash talk about celebs and get a life.

  26. Dave • December 6, 2012 @ 6:56 PM

    I never cared for her movies anyway. The last time I was excited about her movie was Tomb Raider, that was more about the excitement of the game turning into a movie than anything else.

  27. Dave • December 6, 2012 @ 6:56 PM

    I never cared for her movies anyway. The last time I was excited about her movie was Tomb Raider, that was more about the excitement of the game turning into a movie than anything else.

  28. Tatoo69 • December 6, 2012 @ 6:57 PM

    I like to see what goes down in her bedroom with brad more than I wanna see her act in movies

  29. Brad_Pitt • December 6, 2012 @ 7:04 PM

    That’s my girl

  30. Jae • December 6, 2012 @ 7:09 PM

    Angelina Jolie is the only actress that can pull off an badass character in a movie. No one could replace her. She has done a lot behind the scenes working with various charities. If she quit she could focus her full energy on her family and shed more light on what’s happening around the world. Either way, she would still be awesome!

  31. Brad_Pitt • December 6, 2012 @ 7:11 PM

    @HATERZ, you know something, you don’t know what it’s like being a celebrity. You just wouldn’t understand. These are celebrity problems, not issues you poor, moneyless people would ever understand. Now leave me in peace while my beautiful girl and I cry over our filthy rich fortune.

  32. Marty • December 6, 2012 @ 7:23 PM

    When she retires, her kids will be taking over hollywood. Just imagine, they’ll be more than one of her. #The nightmare never ends

  33. Bradley_Cho • December 6, 2012 @ 7:25 PM

    You guys are dwelling too much into a silly interview question, that doesn’t hold much merit or truth probably. People change their minds, nothing is set in stone, plans change, people change, life becomes less and less organized and more and more unknown.

  34. KillerBz • December 6, 2012 @ 7:29 PM

    She’s faking it!

  35. Timmy • December 6, 2012 @ 7:40 PM

    @Andrea, I agree with you 100%. Celebs, all they are good for is seeking attention.

  36. Timmy • December 6, 2012 @ 7:40 PM

    @Andrea, I agree with you 100%. Celebs, all they are good for is seeking attention.

  37. Ty • December 6, 2012 @ 8:00 PM

    Celebs are groomed to lie, fact.

  38. Ray • December 6, 2012 @ 8:05 PM

    Angelina Jolie is HOT! Damn baby girl!

  39. Vegan • December 6, 2012 @ 8:20 PM

    Who cares if she retires from acting.

  40. Natasha • December 6, 2012 @ 9:05 PM

    @Jessica, I have to completely disagree with you, I know a lot of people who raised their children without entering wedlock. Wedlock is simply our way of promising one another that we will stick with each other for the rest of our lives, but it doesn’t mean we have to completely uphold to it–it inevitably leads to divorce, a traumatic experience no child wants to go through. Living together without holy matrimony is justified in a sense that, a promise of togetherness is not upheld, and therefore allowing two mutually loving individuals to share a life of bonding and love without the insecurities of a void contract that forces a tied bondage. Children will grow in a more happier environment if they knew their parents are just partners of a relationship, instead of having to be tied down so to speak, where a broken promise could insinuate a disparaging ideology about the consequences of marriages.

  41. Something to talk about • December 6, 2012 @ 9:27 PM

    @Natasha, honey, you are getting ahead of yourself. Marriage is more than just a promise of commitment. It holds much more significance, and unless you have had the joy of experiencing it first hand, you cannot judge over it. I can tell you from personal experience, that marriage, without including religion into it, is a sacred vow of love, it joins two loving partners to be faithful, committed, and to hold a lifetime of sincerity toward themselves and to their children. Marriage holds more value than what you describe to be. It is a beautiful and awe inspiring ceremony of love, and it should not be forgotten or sacrificed. Marriage gives children the image of family and power of understanding the importance of love and its sacrifices. Please try to have a different view of marriage before criticizing it.

  42. Angie • December 6, 2012 @ 10:53 PM

    She is a wonderful woman, and as a mother myself, I think it’s best for the kids in the long run.

  43. Destiny's Child • December 6, 2012 @ 10:53 PM

    I think everyone is forgetting that giving up on a career as big as hers is huge, especially with the kind of stardom she has. I believe her when she says that she is going to quit acting, maybe it’s the half truth, somehow I think as a hollywood star you can’t completely shut yourself from all that you have or had. To live that the kind of lifestyle she has, she needs to earn, and now is good a time as any to do so. Once her children are in their teens, she will not be getting the kind of offers she is getting now in the movies, sadly like every other actor in the past, she will reside in the background of all the hysteria of hollywood. Then can she truly live her life with her kids. Good on her for making this very difficult choice.

  44. Inception4rlz • December 6, 2012 @ 11:10 PM

    If I were in their shoes I wouldn’t give up on my career for my kids. In the end, these kids will be fighting tooth and nail to get custody of their money, every single penny. It’s just how greedy this world really is.

  45. Salvatore • December 7, 2012 @ 9:22 AM

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  46. Kelly • December 7, 2012 @ 10:51 AM

    LOL, this Jolie idiot. She hasd said this before and itw as just a bunch of crap–let’s hope she is serious this time. Your are old, Angelina, it IS time to retire…

  47. maryann • December 7, 2012 @ 8:48 PM

    Good riddance to the homewrecker I say. She is not that good of an actress anyway, her punishment for getting in to another woman’s (Jennifer Anniston) husbands pants. Maybe her & Brad Pitt should both quit now!!!!!


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