Angelina Jolie has an advanced historical past with the Oscars.
On Wednesday, the actor obtained the Maltin Fashionable Grasp Award on the Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant and was interviewed by critic Leonard Maltin about her profession.
Throughout their dialog, Maltin requested Jolie about her expertise being nominated for and successful an Academy Award for Finest Supporting Actress in 2000.
“I’m trying to think about how much I’m going to share right now,” Jolie mentioned.
She went on to recall a childhood reminiscence: watching the 1979 Academy Awards together with her mom and siblings. On the time, her mother and father, Jon Voight and the late Marcheline Bertrand, had been separated (their divorce was finalized in 1980).
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Bertrand’s “dream was to be an actor,” Jolie started. She described her mother at dwelling together with her kids, about to be divorced from “a very famous man,” watching as her husband gained an Oscar with “the other woman.”
That different girl, in keeping with Individuals, might have been Voight’s date that evening, actor Stacey Pickren.
Jolie then recounted to Maltin how her mom was all the time a pillar of power, and the way she believed her mom’s emotions that evening left an enduring impression. When the time got here for Jolie to simply accept her personal award, for “Girl, Interrupted,” she ensured that her mom would really feel a part of the second, too.
After accepting her 2000 Oscar, Jolie known as her mom and gave her the award. “One of the best moments of my life,” she mentioned.
