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Angelina Jolie says she and Brad Pitt won't change security after red carpet incident. http://t.co/KnzHVT3miA pic.twitter.com/osd9tXXjSL
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The Associated Press
Published Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:10AM EDT
Angelina Jolie says she and Brad Pitt won't tighten their security
policies during publicity events after he was accosted on the red carpet
in Los Angeles.
"People like that are an exception to the rule," she explained. "Most fans are just wonderful. We've had a wonderful experience over the years, and we're very grateful for their support, and it will not change the way we behave." "
Jolie spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday while in Shanghai to promote "Maleficent," the live-action retelling of "Sleeping Beauty."
"People like that are an exception to the rule," she explained. "Most fans are just wonderful. We've had a wonderful experience over the years, and we're very grateful for their support, and it will not change the way we behave." "
Jolie spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday while in Shanghai to promote "Maleficent," the live-action retelling of "Sleeping Beauty."
Pitt and three of their six children traveled with her to China, and Jolie said the children were enjoying the trip.
"We went to the Long Museum for Contemporary Art," she said. "They (the children) are having a dim sum class today and a lot of the local food. We love Chinese food anyway, so now we get to have the authentic Chinese food, and ... they are having a wonderful time. Vivienne asked me not to go home today."
She also said Pitt is a "strong man" who handled the situation "perfectly" after he was accosted by a former Ukrainian television journalist at the film's premiere last week. Vitalii Sediuk pleaded no contest to battery on Friday and was ordered to stay away from Pitt, Jolie and Hollywood red carpet events.
"Maleficent" is the biggest box-office debut of Jolie's career after earning nearly $70 million in North America last weekend. It opens in China on June 20.
With more films being co-produced between Hollywood and China, Jolie said "of course" she would like to work with the talents in China.
She said she's admired the work of Taiwanese director Ang Lee. "I'm not sure if you consider Ang Lee Chinese, he's Taiwanese but he does many Chinese-language films with many Chinese artists and actors, and I think his work and the actors in his films are the ones I'm most familiar with and are very fond of."
Jolie turns 39 on Wednesday, but says she doesn't know how she will spend her birthday because Pitt and the children usually plan a surprise. As for her birthday wish, she said, "like every mother my wish every birthday is for my children to stay healthy (and) for my family to remain healthy, so I will continue that."
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gmanews
SHANGHAI -- Actress Angelina Jolie said Tuesday she was thrilled her latest film "Maleficent", a modern retelling of the life of Sleeping Beauty's arch-nemesis, had debuted at the top of the box office.
"Maleficent" raked in nearly $70 million in North America over the past weekend. The movie not only casts Jolie in the title role as the malevolent fairy but was also produced by the star.
"This type of film is really one you do for the audience. It thrills me that people are enjoying it and it's a success," she told a news conference in Shanghai, where she is promoting the movie before its mainland China opening on June 20.
China had the world's second largest box office at $3.6 billion last year, behind only North America, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. It has attracted a steady stream of Hollywood stars promoting their works.
Jolie said she would welcome the chance to work with a Chinese director, but she hoped her own career would shift away from just acting to working behind the camera.
"In the future, I will be doing less acting and more directing if I'm fortunate enough to have that career," she said. Her directing credits include "In the Land of Blood and Honey" about the Bosnian war.
But the actress said she hoped to play the character Maleficent again and admitted taking home a souvenir of the film -- the curly, black horns from her costume.
Jolie was accompanied by her partner, the actor Brad Pitt, and three children on her first visit to China, where they visited a contemporary art museum and her children learnt to make Chinese "dim sum" pastry and dumplings.
Pitt was punched in the face by an intruder last week while signing autographs at the Hollywood premiere of "Maleficent". He did not appear at the Shanghai news conference. -- Agence France-Presse
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