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Jolie plans to take break from films

(AP)
Updated: 2007-05-23 08:33





Angelina Jolie, pictured 21 May 2007, plans to take an entire year off
from acting to spend time with her family in 2008, the actress was quoted
as saying in a report on Tuesday.[AFP]

CANNES, France - Angelina Jolie says she plans to take a year off from
filmmaking to spend more time with her partner, Brad Pitt, and their
children.

"We're getting work out of the way at the moment," said the 31-year-old
actress, who has been shooting the thriller "Wanted" in Prague, Czech
Republic.

After that, she said, "I take two months off, then I work for two months.
Then I take a year off."

Jolie and Pitt, 43, have four children: 5-year-old Maddox, who was
adopted from Cambodia; Pax Thien, 3, from Vietnam; 2-year-old Zahara,
from Ethiopia; and daughter Shiloh, who was born to the couple last May
27.

She told a Vietnamese newspaper in March that she would stay at home to
help Pax adjust to his new life. "I have four children and caring for
them is the most important thing for me at the moment," the Ho Chi Minh
City Law newspaper quoted her as saying.

The celebrity supercouple are in Cannes to promote the Michael
Winterbottom-directed "A Mighty Heart," in which Jolie plays Mariane
Pearl, widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Pearl
was abducted by Islamic militants while researching a story in Pakistan
in 2002 and later beheaded.

Pitt is a producer on the movie, which had its world premiere at the
Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Jolie has drawn praise for her portrayal
of Mariane Pearl, a strong woman put under unbearable pressure.

The two women are friends, and Jolie said she felt a responsibility to
get the depiction right.

Jolie, who has visited Pakistan three times as a United Nations goodwill
ambassador, said she hopes to return to do more humanitarian work.

"I have a deep love for that part of the world, and I'm saddened to see
that every day it seems to be breaking more and more apart," she told a
small group of reporters Tuesday at a cabana overlooking the
Mediterranean near Cannes.

Jolie said "A Mighty Heart," which was shot in India and Pakistan, had
made her "even more determined to go to those areas and spend time with
those people and look for great relationships across the world and look
for different truths and try to understand deeper."

The actress said Daniel Pearl's grisly fate had made her think about the
risks of traveling to troubled parts of the world �� but it wouldn't stop
her.

"I don't want to live inside a box," she said. "I will be smart, but I
will lead a very bold life and I will learn about the world."









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