Angelina Jolie was interviewed recently by German-language weekly news magazine Focus. She was asked specifically if she would be interested in doing a European, as opposed to a Hollywood, film, and she said yes, and that she would even like to do a film in French once her skills in the language improve enough in a few years. She said she’s not as much of a movie buff like her partner, Brad, and that she’s either sleeping while a film is on or is getting up and taking care of the kids. Angelina admited that she’s a restless type person and doesn’t often sit still.
BERLIN (AFP) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said she would relish the chance to act in a European film and may even be ready to take a French-speaking part in a few years, in an interview with a German magazine.
“No one has asked me yet,” she told the Monday issue of Focus news weekly when asked if she would like to work on the Continent.
“It would really interest me — there are more and more great films coming out of Europe and other cultures.”
The 33-year-old American, who has nestled into a sprawling estate in the south of France with her six children, said that she and her partner, American heartthrob Brad Pitt, had been learning French for two years.
“When I can really speak it, maybe I’ll try out for a French film in a few years,” she said.
Jolie told Focus that she rarely watches films on her own time.
“I find it difficult to sit still for two hours,” she said.
“I would rather read something or learn something or travel to experience something new.”
She said Pitt, 44, was the real movie buff of the family.
“When we watch together, I usually fall asleep or press pause so I can take care of the kids,” Jolie said.
[AFP as published on News.yahoo.com]
That would be a definite motivation to learn a language if you had a job where you need to speak it convincingly as an actress. Before people start the inevitable “she should stay in France then” talk, she was asked by a German paper if she wanted to do European films, and she said yes. There are surely plenty of directors in Europe who will be contacting her after this interview. I wonder if she’s planning to stay in France or if the rumors that she’s moving back to the states with her family is true.
Angelina saying she has trouble resting is similar to something a commenter here once mentioned about seeing her in an airport unable to stop moving around. It would explain why she’s so thin if she’s constantly burning calories like that.
Wanted opens in Germany on September 4, which is why Jolie is doing interviews with German news outlets.
Angelina is shown in Cannes on 5/15/08. Credit: Solarpix / PR Photos
