Brad Pitt

“My affliction has been... I can make something or draw something or design something better than I can explain it.”

“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.”

“Seeing the world is the best education you can get. You see sorrow, and you also see great spirit and will to survive.”

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

“Man, when I'm riding with the helmet on, I'm invisible. And people just deal with me as the guy on the bike... it gives you a chance to read 'em.”

“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.”

“Happiness is overrated. There has to be conflict in life.”

“I've been no stranger to change.”

“I was very curious about the world even at a young age, and I don't know at what point I became aware that other cultures believed in different religions, and my question was, 'Well, why don't they get to go to Heaven then?'”

“To leave home, it's got to be worth leaving.”

“I have this fantasy of my older days, painting or sculpting or making things. I have this fantasy of a bike trip to Chile. I have this fantasy of flying into Morocco. But right now, it's about getting the work done and getting home to family. I have an adventure every morning, getting up.”

“It's a lovely experience walking around a museum by yourself.”

“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 have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have my family, and I haven't known life to be any happier.”

“When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn't know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.”

“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.”

“I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.”

“I didn't realize how interesting the place I come from is until I left home and saw how other cultures handled things differently.”

“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.”