December 18
On this date in 1963,
Brad Pitt was born in Shawnee, Okla. Two
credits shy of a college degree from the University of Missouri, Pitt
dropped out and headed to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
Working as a limousine driver for several months, Pitt enrolled in an
acting class and then accompanied a classmate to an audition as her
scene partner. The agent signed Pitt instead and he began work in
television, including appearing on episodes of "Dallas," "Another World"
and "Growing Pains." In spite of appearing only a few minutes on
screen, Pitt's big break came from his role as a hitchhiker in the
classic female buddy story, "Thelma and Louise" (1991). With some failed
films over the next few years, Pitt established himself as more than a
sex symbol, showing off his acting prowess in "A River Runs Through It"
(1992), "Kalifornia" (1993), "Interview with the Vampire" (1994),
"Legends of the Fall" (1994) and "Seven" (1997). He received critical
acclaim and some award nominations and wins for his work in "Twelve
Monkeys" (1995), "Babel" (2006) and "The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button" (2008). Year after year, Brad Pitt's celebrity continues to
rise, due to his high-profile public romances (including to partner
Angelina Jolie),
sex symbol status and award-winning acting abilities. "When I got
untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn't a loss of faith for
me. It was a discovery of self. I had thought that I'm capable enough to
handle any situation. There's peace in understanding that I have only
one life, here and now, and I'm responsible," he said to Parade Magazine
in 2007. Pitt told BILD.com: "I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80
percent agnostic" (July 23, 2009).
“I don't have a chance [on being elected Mayor of New Orleans].
I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation
of marijuana platform.”
—Brad Pitt, in an interview with Ann Curry on "The Today Show," Aug. 13, 2009
Compiled by Bonnie Gutsch -
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