Angelina Jolie in Cannes for Kung Fu Panda 2 Pictures 2011-05-12 13:11:56

Angelina Jolie on Bringing the Kids to Cannes, Finding Inner Peace, and Maddox and Pax's Martial Arts!

May 12, 2011

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Angelina Jolie joined her costars Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman to bring Kung Fu Panda 2 to the Cannes Film Festival this morning! The movie is screening out of competition, but the timing is perfect since she and the family will be sticking around to premiere Brad Pitt's Tree of Life Monday. Angelina looked stunning in Salvatore Ferragamo's tan dress, brown belt and nude heels, and she was cracking up during the press conference as Dustin and Jack showed off their comedic skills. Dustin harped on his own age, joking that he doesn't even remember making the first Kung Fu Panda, so it felt like the first time playing the part. Angelina also talked a bit about her kids, especially her boys Pax and Maddox's love of martial arts, and the theme of adoption in Kung Fu Panda 2 that are obviously close to home for the Jolie-Pitts. She said of the Kung Fu Panda series, "It's the best!" while Jack and Dustin kept the laughs coming. Here's some highlights from Angelina at the press conference:

On her kids and the themes of adoption in Kung Fu Panda 2: "I brought my kids to see the movie and they loved it, they laughed through the whole thing. I wondered whether they would ask me questions about it, but because adoption and birth mothers and orphanage — these are happy words. They're very used to these discussions and they just felt that much more proud that they're a little more like Po. So it was lovely."
On violence in KFP2 and showing her kids violent films: "You have to know your children. There are children that have a better understanding and are ready earlier than others. But for a film like this, I don't see this as a film that's too violent. I think this is actually quite the opposite because the strength, even in the final battle, the inner peace and sending back that negative energy is what wins. My boys are in martial arts classes. Boys are boys and they have a certain kind of energy, naturally. It's been wonderful to get them focused on martial arts to teach them about the discipline and the respect and the control of their own bodies. I think to ignore that that's a part of humanity, especially little boys, is wrong. So it's to help guide them — what's a positive thing, what's a good guy, To try not to [use violence] certainly, but if you have to, to defend yourself."
On bringing the kids to Cannes: "Yes, we're all in France. Our whole family is in France and we're very happy. They're running around the hotel right now, playing games, and making a giant mess, I'm sure. They're having a great time. They love it here. Cannes can be overwhelming, and it can be that you meet a lot of friendly faces and have a good laugh and you also get a chance to see some great films. It's very nice."
On picking KFP2 to appeal more to her kids: "We're all big kids at heart . . . but in many ways I did it for them, and I was excited for them to see it. The trick of a sequel is you have to make it better than the first one, which is hard to do especially when the first one is so successful, and I think we pulled it off."
On finding inner peace: "Especially for people that have children. You wake up and if they're healthy, you know that that's the most important thing, so you have first of all that peace. They also come with a lot of chaos, but we're all searching for it. It's part of the human journey. We all have moments of inner peace and we lose it and we look for it again. But really it's in knowing the people you love are safe and healthy. That's the best."
On her real-life alter ego to all her tough characters: "Certainly my alter ego is who I am 100 percent, which is a mommy who is changing diapers and coloring all night long. I'm sure I'm very, very soft. I've always been drawn to strong characters and I admire strong women, emotionally and physically, just people I feel are fighting for something . . . have a sense of justice and injustice. I've been very lucky that I came to my career at a time that women are being allowed these roles and have such great opportunities for these types of characters."

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On her kids and the themes of adoption in Kung Fu Panda 2: "I brought my kids to see the movie and they loved it, they laughed through the whole thing. I wondered whether they would ask me questions about it, but because adoption and birth mothers and orphanage — these are happy words. They're very used to these discussions and they just felt that much more proud that they're a little more like Po. So it was lovely."
On violence in KFP2 and showing her kids violent films: "You have to know your children. There are children that have a better understanding and are ready earlier than others. But for a film like this, I don't see this as a film that's too violent. I think this is actually quite the opposite because the strength, even in the final battle, the inner peace and sending back that negative energy is what wins. My boys are in martial arts classes. Boys are boys and they have a certain kind of energy, naturally. It's been wonderful to get them focused on martial arts to teach them about the discipline and the respect and the control of their own bodies. I think to ignore that that's a part of humanity, especially little boys, is wrong. So it's to help guide them — what's a positive thing, what's a good guy, To try not to [use violence] certainly, but if you have to, to defend yourself."
On bringing the kids to Cannes: "Yes, we're all in France. Our whole family is in France and we're very happy. They're running around the hotel right now, playing games, and making a giant mess, I'm sure. They're having a great time. They love it here. Cannes can be overwhelming, and it can be that you meet a lot of friendly faces and have a good laugh and you also get a chance to see some great films. It's very nice."
On picking KFP2 to appeal more to her kids: "We're all big kids at heart . . . but in many ways I did it for them, and I was excited for them to see it. The trick of a sequel is you have to make it better than the first one, which is hard to do especially when the first one is so successful, and I think we pulled it off."
On finding inner peace: "Especially for people that have children. You wake up and if they're healthy, you know that that's the most important thing, so you have first of all that peace. They also come with a lot of chaos, but we're all searching for it. It's part of the human journey. We all have moments of inner peace and we lose it and we look for it again. But really it's in knowing the people you love are safe and healthy. That's the best."
On her real-life alter ego to all her tough characters: "Certainly my alter ego is who I am 100 percent, which is a mommy who is changing diapers and coloring all night long. I'm sure I'm very, very soft. I've always been drawn to strong characters and I admire strong women, emotionally and physically, just people I feel are fighting for something . . . have a sense of justice and injustice. I've been very lucky that I came to my career at a time that women are being allowed these roles and have such great opportunities for these types of characters."

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60 Comments

2 years 11 h

Looks like a walking skeleton

2 years 3 days

no:50, you look very nice and polite..... don't bother with the rest of the comments. We women are so hostile towards one and other instead of encouraging and backing up each other ..... sad!

2 years 3 days

No #48 Kung Fu is not even listed in the Out of competition section... So they whent in Cannes just for the sake of being in Cannes

2 years 4 days

Her fans should understand that peoples that are saying that she is skinny don't hate her..they are just observe the reallity... If you are just to blind or stupid to see the reallity then calling everyone a hater is the easy way out..

Glamorme 2 years 5 days

Gorgeous and classy. I just adore this lady of grace. Looking forward to seeing this with the hubby.

2 years 5 days

i wish i have those leg cuz mine are FAT

2 years 5 days

@7:37, Dare you to go on any post about Jennifer Aniston and tell me there are no nasty posts. Jolie fans say such vile things about Jennifer. They talk like truck drivers out on a night with the boys. They say things you could not repeat around your mother or any polite company. They make up stories when they can't find real things she has done wrong. Calling Jolie thin or saying she gives bad interviews is pretty tame compared to the filth said about Jennifer. PopSugar is pretty good about keeping that stuff off their site but there are still some that come here trying to belittle anyone that does not agree with their idol worship.

2 years 5 days

Women just love to hate Angelina. Too damn gorgeous for you, eh?

2 years 5 days

#52 Angelina's fans are nasty? LOL. I take it you haven't read some of the posts from JENS fans. These are people who have keep alive a 6 year hate campaign that lasted longer than Jen and Brad's union.

2 years 5 days

I used to like Angie Voight until one of her nasty fans tore in to me for an opinion. You idol worshipers are not doing your hero any favors with the rabid way you lay into other people.

littlemunchkin 2 years 5 days

#37 and its people like you that make people like me hate ourselves and get eating disorders. CHEERS. #42 Thanks for calling me not ugly :-)

2 years 6 days

agree with #49; 50 comments for a fake, ugly, boring uninteresting woman that everyone dislikes...ironic isn't it...just imagine if she wasn't so fake and uninteresting, maybe they would be about a 100 comments, who knows???

2 years 6 days

#48 Kung Fu Panda 2 is NOT in competition. So why would it be featured on the web site? I just find it interesting that people who claim to dislike Angelina Jolie hang on her EVERY word....just saying.

2 years 6 days

it's interesting that she was in Cannes to lunch this but if you go on the official site of the festival you can't find one picture of her.. I guess she was there only for the american press ..and the rest of the world doesn't really care what she does.. so I wonder why they even bother to go to Cannes..they could just lunch the animated film in america..but I guess for the americans sounds really good that she lunched her film in Cannes even if nobody cared except for the americans..

2 years 6 days

Here's a big ole WHO CARES!

2 years 6 days

Chick has lied in interviews for years - check out the ones where she's higher then a kite....or when she's denying she's morally wrong in who she's hooked up with.

2 years 6 days

Well said anon 44. Angelina is beautiful and elegant and in a class of her own. She is a natural beauty. She has always been skinny. Stop being such judgemental bitches, wtf happened to sisterhood!!!

2 years 6 days

Angelina looks just fine! She has always been a small framed woman, she even talked about it years ago how her school mates teased her for being so skinny. You guys are no better than the bully kids she grew up with, with all your comments. Also #42, I hope you take your own advice and don't call others jealous when they criticize Aniston. So what if she has a nannies???? You all act as if you know exactly how much help this couple has and you don't, unless you work for them. She is a working mother as well. Yes, her career pays different but she is no different other than her lifestyle because of her income. How do you know how much time she spends or don't spend with her children??? Angelina has always been honest in her interviews, why would she start lying now after all these years???? You guys just hate on this woman just because the media has given you the edge to do so because she is not following the HW protocol.

2 years 6 days

God, if you hate her, QUIT READING ABT HER, jeez are you guys psycho or something? btw she looks happy and beautiful and I loved her interview she's a rare and true lady in HW, very classy and intelligent along with her beauty.

2 years 6 days

Some of these comments just go to show how nasty the Jolie Fans are to anyone that does not agree with their idol worship. Looking at you #37. FACT: Angelina Jolie is thin. Fact: You do not need to be fat to find her unattractive. Fact: #20 is not ugly and you can see by her picture that she is not fat. Fact: People that are not fans of Angelina are not jealous. That line has been worn out.

2 years 6 days

I agree she does look like a country and western singer as her hair looks big because she's so thin. I'm reminded of Naomi Judd, the mom, years ago when she was still mildly attractive.

2 years 6 days

@Artemis, I don't think people care that she has nannies, only that she has so many and goes out of her way in interviews to sound like she does everything for her children when she clearly does not. Yes she works but so do most mothers today, plus they have to do their own housework, shopping, laundry, cooking and everything else it takes to run a household and raise their families. Angie I'm sure does none of those things. You give her way to much credit and are selling other working mothers short.

Artemis 2 years 6 days

Why do people criticize her for having nannies? Is there any way she and Brad could raise six kids and do all the work their are doing (which frequently involves travelling around the world) without nannies? I have one nanny for my two kids and I often wish I had at least one more. I love spending time with my kids, but our modern work schedules are so hectic - and they are probably nothing compared to Angelina´s schedules! Of course, she does have the luxury of a lot of help but still, bringing up six kids, being a movie star, a goodwill ambassador, a wife and a mother all require lot of work and she seems to be coping well. Now if she could only pick more diverse roles, she would be close to perfect...she certainly looks stunning in these pictures!