Quotes from Brad Pitt.

• "Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed." - Us Weekly, September 18, 2000

   

• "I'm gonna design my own fleet of trailers. No! I'm gonna record an album like Jennifer Lopez. It'll be an acoustic version of K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Then maybe I'll design a line of clothes like Puff Daddy but all in synthetic fur".

   

• "I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."

   

• "Fame is a bitch, man." - Viasat magazine, May 2001

   

• On what keeps him humble: "You know, I telephoned my grandparents the other day, and my grandfather said to me, 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said, and he shouted, 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?' I thought that was just classic. I mean, if that doesn't keep your feet on the ground, what would?"

   

• "I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth."

   

• "Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within."

   

• "You shouldn't speak until you know what you're talking about. That's why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I'm a f---ing actor! They hand me a script. I act. I'm here for entertainment, basically, when you whittle everything away. I'm a grown man who puts on makeup." - Time, October 13, 1997

   

• "When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols. I'll tell you who my favorite actress is, Dianne Wiest, and you wouldn't call her a sex symbol. Dianne Wiest is, to me, the most beautiful woman on the screen".

   

• "I'm a method actor." - When asked by Conan O'Brien how he got into character as stoner JD in his movie Cutting Class (1989).

   

• [In May, 2005, on his impending divorce to Jennifer Aniston] The thing I don't understand is looking at this as a failure. It's talked about like it failed, I guess because it wasn't flawless. Me, I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful, actually.