Angelina Jolie says her 'light was dimmed' and she was 'shut down' before Brad Pitt divorce ended
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Angelina Jolie has hinted that her 'light was dimmed' in the past. This comes just after the 49-year-old star settled her divorce with Brad Pitt after eight years of fighting. Jolie told Times Radio that playing Maria Callas forced her to look inside.
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'I think you're an artist, and you go through different things in life, and you wonder if certain parts of you have shut down, or who you are, what you have inside of you, and if your lights dimmed, and if you have less to contribute, or if you don't know your yourself, and so to push and rediscover things and try for things that I hadn't ever tried,' said the Oscar-winning star.
![[Jolie said playing Maria Callas forced her to look inside. 'I think you're an artist, and you go through different things in life, and you wonder if certain parts of you have shut down, or who you are, what you have inside of you, and if your lights dimmed,' she shared; seen January 3 in Palm Springs]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/15/93829483-14257017-image-a-5_1736263358512.jpg)
'And what a gift as an artist, to be pushed again at this time in my life, to do something that terrified me and I wasn't sure I could do is the greatest gift.'. Angelina Jolie has hinted that her 'light was dimmed' in the past as she talked to Times Radio; seen on Sunday at the Golden Globe Awards.
![[Jolie, Zahara Marley Jolie and Jacqueline Bisset attend the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on January 3]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/14/93756373-14257017-Jolie_Zahara_Marley_Jolie_and_Jacqueline_Bisset_attend_the_36th_-m-8_1736261942822.jpg)
This comes just after the 49-year-old star settled her divorce with Brad Pitt after eight years of fightin. Before that she told Access Hollywood on the red carpet at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sunday that starring in Maria was a major challenge.
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'Failing Maria Callas and the people who loved her really scared me,' she said. 'This was a big fear, but it's fun. I mean, what are we alive for if not to confront our fears and get our hearts pumping and you know try things we're not sure of.'. The Tourist star declared: 'This is my decade of do what scares you.'.
