Biography / trivia

#  Brad Pitt original name is William Bradley Pitt. He was born on 18th Dec 1963 in Shawnee, U.S. to Jane Etta and William Alvin Pitt. His mother was a high school counselor and his father was a truck company owner. He has two siblings Doug & Julie Neal.

#  While he was in school Pitt was interested in golf, tennis, swimming, wrestling, Forensics clubs, musicals and debates.

#  After his graduation he attended University of Missouri studying journalism, with special reference to advertising. But two weeks before earning his degree he left the university & moved to Los Angeles to find his a career in acting. In Los Angeles he attended acting classes of Roy London and did few odd jobs to support himself.

#  He started from the very bottom of film industry appearing in some uncredited roles in 1987 and his career turned around after “Interview with the Vampire” in 1994.

#  In 2004 presidential election Pitt supported John Kerry and did campaign for him visiting colleges and cities around the state.

#  He is involved in many social causes like creating awareness of AIDS, eradication of poverty, prevention of mass atrocities, same-sex marriage, Doctors Without Borders etc

#  Empire magazine named him one of the 25 sexiest stars in film history in 1995. In the same year People’s magazine named him Sexiest Man Alive. TIME magazine listed him as one among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007.

#  Pitt dated many during his career viz Robin Givens, Jill Schoelen, Juliette Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie. In 2000 he married Jennifer Aniston in Malibu but later in 2005 the got divorced. He later publicly admitted that he fell in love with Angelina Jolie during the filming of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. In April 2012 they announced their engagement.

#  At present Pitt and Jolie are living together. They have three children born out of their relationship namely Shiloh Nouvel, Knox Léon, Vivienne Marcheline and three adopted children Maddox Chivan, Zahara Marley, Pax Thien.

Quotes

“I grew up very religious, and I don’t have a great relationship with religion, I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.”

“I got really sick of myself at the end of the 1990s: I was hiding out from the celebrity thing; I was smoking way too much dope; I was sitting on the couch and just turning into a doughnut; and I really got irritated with myself.”

“I put much more emphasis on being a satisfied man. I’m satisfied with making true choices and finding the woman I love, Angie, and building a family that I love so much.”

“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, I’m so happy to have her.”

“I grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri, and I just loved film. My folks would take us to the drive-in on summer nights, and we’d sit on the hood of the car. I just had this profound love for storytelling.”

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