Angelina Jolie: 'I Was Ridiculous Crying Mess During First UN Trip'
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
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Angelina Jolie struggled to cope when she travelled to a third world country on her first United Nations trip.The actress, who works as a Goodwill Ambassador for the organisation, broke down when she met local people living in extreme poverty, famine and war.She told Total Film: “My first trip out changed me completely. When I first travelled, I was just a ridiculous crying mess. And maybe there was a moment when I realised I was crying more than the people who had suffered a lot more than me. I think that's the thing you realise.“These people have had their families killed, had their houses burnt down, become stateless – they're not crying, because they don't have time for it, and I'm not helping them by just feeling for them. I had to stay practical and focused.”The 'Tomb Raider' star was advised to write her emotions down in a diary to help her process the harrowing things she's seen and admits the experiences changed her as a person.She said: “It's funny because you are always asked to sum up who you are, and your personality and your changes – and I've never had therapy, so I don't know exactly how I did that!“I just know that I opened myself up to want to learn more about the world and about other people and things that are going on. So I changed.“I adopted a child, and that changed me, and I went through a divorce [with Billy Bob Thornton] and that changed me.“So all these different events that happened and I did grow up, as we all do. I felt really fortunate that I was exposed to the right things to become a better person.”
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