Brad Pitt Says He May Quit Acting

Brad Pitt May Quit Acting, and Says Happiness Is Overrated

November 14, 2011

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Brad Pitt arrived at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport this morning and was greeted by a group of waiting fans. South Korea is the latest stop in Asia for Brad, after a Moneyball premiere in Japan and a personal family vacation. Brad, Angelina Jolie, and all six of their children traveled to Pax's home country, Vietnam, over the weekend to reportedly visit his former orphanage. The trip also allowed architectural buffs Brad and Angelina to visit the Con Dao Museum while the kids hung out at their hotel.

Brad's been sharing more about his personal life in the past two months while promoting the baseball film. Previously, he talked about "pretending" during his marriage to Jennifer Aniston and also spoke about his love for Angelina. In a new interview Brad revealed he may quit acting in three years. He went on to talk about his feelings, saying, "I think happiness is overrated, truthfully. I do. . . I think sometimes you're happy, sometimes you're not. There's too much pressure to be happy. I don't know. I don't really give a sh*t. I know I will be at times and I know I won't be at times. Satisfied, at peace, those would be more goals for myself."

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17 Comments

1246386 1 year 26 weeks

@maryvee Lol his box office denies you and proves that people still want to see Brad.

ojoba 1 year 26 weeks

I think Brad clearly have a lot of good years of acting left to do.He has Oscar worthiness,IMO.

maryvee 1 year 26 weeks

Promises! Promises! I never thought he was a talented Actor..but he did have his looks going for him, since meeting Grangelina poor old Brad has aged badly, he looks unkempt and just plain dirty. They all need to go away.....

Lyllie 1 year 26 weeks

@awsomepants: Such a stupid comment. If claiming that you're going to retire would get you an Oscar, everybody would say it. Also people have a short attention span. Nobody is going to remember this when it's time to mark their ballots.

sese11 1 year 26 weeks

ok brad you can quit if you want. no need to announce ur retirement 3 years before the date.

bryseana 1 year 26 weeks

I totally agree with his comment about wanting to be at peace.

Louie 1 year 26 weeks

Don't threaten us with quitting, just do it. See ya.

shoes4life 1 year 26 weeks

Happiness is more worldly meaning temporary or artificially induced. Joy is more spiritual and makes one more complete. Joy and Happiness are not the samething. I agree with Brad, joy and peace is something we all should strive for in life. He probably will never actually quite acting just cut down tremendously and produce more. He knows his shelf life is up in HW and he's moving on to the next phase of his life. Plus the kids will be older and this will allow him and Angelina to a single homebase. I believe they will always travel but producing will allow them more time on the home front. JMO

LealandMS 1 year 26 weeks

Angelina Jolie said the same thing a few years back. But, I agree about the happiness thing he's talking about.

kgirl123 1 year 26 weeks

He never said that he was unhappy or on a downer kick...you should read the excerpt again. Brad is a realist and real people feel happy and sad. I personally think his goal of peace is way better, as peace brings happiness!!!

Joanna 1 year 26 weeks

He really hasn't had a good movie for a long time and he hasn't looked good for several years now. He doesn't deserve a oscar for Moneyball, it just wasn't outstanding acting if that's what he's trying for. He'll never be happy and satisfied. This was the same kind of junk he was talking about before he chanaged women last time. Maybe it's time to stay home and focus on his kids.

Mimma Soul Sonik 1 year 26 weeks

Hopefully this isnt the calm before the OD storm between either AJ or himself as they both look skinny/veiny (from other pics)

crazyone 1 year 26 weeks

looking good

popfaninMD 1 year 26 weeks

Quit acting? I hope not. He's a great actor. Maybe he should take a few years off to slow down his life a little and then come back? When the kids are a little older?

1246386 1 year 26 weeks

I agree too. It's hard to be happy all the time non stop. He looks fine here but i want him to cut his hair.

jaan_black 1 year 26 weeks

then jump off a bridge with that sad, downer shyt

awesomepants 1 year 26 weeks

I agree with his comment about happiness. I don't believe that he's going to quit acting at all. I think he just put some pressure on the academy to give him an Oscar. I'd love to see if that works.