Quotes By Brad Pitt

I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony.

When I was a little kid we moved to Tulsa, then to St. Louis and, by the time I was in kindergarten, we lived in Springfield, Missouri. There I basically grew up.

Deregulation created this epidemic of greed which according to the rules of capitalism was OK. Beyond that there was criminal behaviour. There have been no repercussions and it's hard to make your peace with.

You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

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.

I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place.

Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.

You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or two after. I'm not that guy, man.

By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense.

I don't feel restless, I just like to travel.

Indian cinema seems to be growing very well at its own pace.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

My happiest moment is the day they call wrap and I'm free. I'm not looking back.

I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.

Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.

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.

Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me.

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.

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.