I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine.
Angelina JolieAbout author
- Author's profession: Actress
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 4, 1975
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