Wow the picture of her smiling in the MC shoot is incredible... I am buying that Marie-Claire issue. Great interview. I am very excited to see her movie. She has come a long way. A true inspiration 

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I love the way that white coat's sash is tailored and looks tied together, beautiful. And she really looks amazing in suits. I wonder who made this silk one? It looks great, especially in motion.
She looks so long limbed in that MC shoot; how tall is she?
Also, how gracious is she in that EXTRA interview? It is clear she feels very unsure about this new venture, that she believes in "it" -the ideas, her cast, etc- but not necessarily her abilities. i hope it does well enough that she continues to take risks. She seems like a lovely, honest, sensitive yet tough, intelligent person.
I've read that she is 5ft7
And couldn't agree more with the rest of what you wrote. It's wonderful to see someone take on a project not to feed an ego but because they believe it is important for the world. And she is so humble, so modest. Which is fair, because if she continues to direct it is only then that she will continue to grow into one and develop herself.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/what-angelina-jolie-and-meryl-streep-have-in-commonI'm not writing about the movie (which I really liked) this is about the woman. This is about a woman who could really rest on her laurels, hang out with her kids and partner, make action films and bank enough money to retire by the time she is 40. But she doesn't want to do that. She wants to use whatever power she has for good and to educate people about important topics.
So she chose the Bosnian War. Who the hell does that? A war that people even the people who lived it don't talk about. Oh and she showed up at the press conference with multiple cast members and had the whole thing moderated by NPR correspondent Tom Gjeltten who covered the war and was clearly moved by the authenticity she brought to the piece. A big star like Jolie could have shown up at the press conference by herself or with the two leaad actors, but she didn't. She brought many cast members, and they all spoke and shared incredibly moving stories of their experiences during the war. One of the actors Ermin Sijamija was even in the army during the war. This man was moved to tears when he talked about his experiences.
Here's what she said when talking about why she made the film:
"I had been haunted by years of traveling in the field by a lack of intervention to the trauma people face in post conflict situations and my frustration in seeing their pain and wondering if we could have prevented this, if we could have done something before...So I sat down privately to write something and this led me clearly to Bosnia because it was a war of my generation to my generation and it was one I felt a responsibility to learn about because I didn't know and the more I learned the more I was overwhelmed by the guilt of how little I knew and was shocked by how long this went on."
This is the world's highest paid female movie star.
This is what she cares about.
This gives me hope.