“Sitting with those horrible feelings, and needing to understand them, and putting them into place. In the end, you find: I am those things I don't like. That is a part of me. I can't deny that. I have to accept that. And in fact, I have to embrace that. I need to face that and take care of that. Bec…”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: Pain, Denial, You Have To Accept Your Worst Parts
“For me every misstep has been a step toward epiphany, understanding, some kind of joy. Yeah, the avoidance of pain is a real mistake.”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: Pain, Pain Makes You Stronger
“When you get to be my age, never pass up a bathroom. Never trust a fart. And never waste a boner.”— Ryan Mginely, gq.comTagged: Getting Older, You Only Live Once (Especially When You're Old), brad pitt, cover story, gq style
“I think I spent a lot of time avoiding feelings and building structures, you know, around feelings.”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: Structure, Denial, Avoiding Emotions, brad pitt, cover story
“My favorite movie is the worst-performing film of anything I've done.”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: Art and Commerce, Passion and the Marketplace, What We Love Does Not Always Make Money, brad pitt, cover story
“People on their deathbeds don't talk about what they obtained or were awarded. They talk about their loved ones or their regrets—that seems to be the menu.”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: Death, Dying, Quote of the Moment, brad pitt, cover story
“Delusion is not going to let you go. You're going to get smacked in the face.”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: Extreme Personalities, Pushing It Too Far
“I tend to run things into the ground. I've got to run it off a cliff.”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: Extreme Personalities, Pushing It Too Far, brad pitt, cover story, gq style
“We shouldn't think we can. How do we show American exceptionalism? By example. It's the same as being a good father. By exemplifying our tenets and our beliefs, freedom and choice and not closing borders and being protectionists.”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: American Exceptionalism
“You strip down to the foundation and break out the mortar.”— Brad Pitt, gq.comTagged: How To Move On, Finding Yourself, brad pitt, cover story, gq style