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    Brad Pitt Thinks ‘Happiness Is Overrated’

    Back to his shaggy ways. (Jun Sato/WireImage)A possible explanation for the troubling return of Brad Pitt's facial scruff: He is depressed. Unhappy. In a funk.

    "I think happiness is overrated, truthfully," he tells Australia's "60 Minutes." "I do. I think sometimes you're happy, sometimes you're not. There's too much pressure to be happy. I don't know. I don't really give a (bleep). I know I will be at times and I know I won't be at times. Satisfied, at peace, those would be more goals for myself."

    When asked, "Is Brad Pitt content today?" he responds, "Content. OK, I will go with content. Uh, I dare say so. I probably won't be next week."

    (Money and fame do not buy happiness, as we've all learned from "Citizen Kane" and movies like that! But not "Tower Heist." We digress. Brad Pitt: We like your honesty.)

    Other revelations from the "60 Minutes" interview: A) the 47-year-old matinee idol wants to quit acting in three years so he can focus on behind-the-scenes things like producing; B) he suggests he and Angelina Jolie are not yet "finished" having children; and C) he reveals he gets "hot about" paparazzi trailing his kids around. But the trade-off, he says, is "they get to see the world."

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    14 comments

    • Leo  •  South Bend, Indiana  •  2 months ago
      Also, he may be unhappy because he truly cares. There is a whole lot of misery going on in this world. Wars, famine, disease, unnecessary killing (not just people, but the unnecessary killing of animals for food). Only the most selfish person would ignore all of this just for their selfish feelings.
    • Leo  •  South Bend, Indiana  •  2 months ago
      He is right! Happiness IS overrated. The "desire for happiness" is selfishness. No one can deny this. Also, too many people equate "happiness" with "sense gratification".
    • Swizzle  •  5 months ago
      Happiness is over rated? Everyone wants to be happy. Feeling content, satisfied = happiness. How can he feel content and not feel happy? Nice try Brad. You thought with your *ick, hooked up with a crazy woman, had a ton of kids and now you've dug a hole so deep for yourself there is no way out. Well there is a way, but you guys have to keep up the charade I guess.
    • Kincaid  •  5 months ago
      This poor guy is rationalizing his misery. His parents would probably disown him if he threw in the towel again. The stakes are high with 6 kids counting on you.
    • Shannon  •  6 months ago
      Not surprised to hear him say that considering who he's with...
    • GTFO  •  6 months ago
      But he think he and Angelina aren't?
    • Scotty  •  6 months ago
      Me and my wife and kid are happy most the time. (Married 10 years). Perhaps Brad and Angelina need more time together and less time away making movies.
    • emily  •  6 months ago
      he only thinks that because he rarely is happy..
    • legomyego  •  6 months ago
      I liked Angelina in Womb Raider.
      I think Daniel Craig stole our pot pie in that one, Brad.
    • ML  •  6 months ago
      He's just telling it like it is. Most people arent happy ALL the time. I think years ago everyone assumed he had the perfect life...so not the case. Now he is tired of pretending and just wants to live life how he wants...good 4 him.
    • Enitan  •  6 months ago
      I love Angie-Pitt. They are both full of activities, just perfect together.
      To their enemies................rot in hell!
      • Lynda Smith Merchant 6 months ago
        Wow! a little "rot in hell" over done it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yea, I like their style too but a little more "down to earth" Lets be the "oh we've got all these kids and we've got lots of money but we claim to be all about helping others wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!! Like to see more of that style in them! SMILE:)~ It makes Life a Little More Happy!!
    • lady J.  •  6 months ago
      you arent born happy nor sad...hes as much a freal as Jolie...and by the way this dress she has on is cute but she makes it look terrible due to those tatas on her arm...women with tats on their arms makes any outfitt that shows the arm look bad...tats are for men to find on a women ...
    • l o v e  •  6 months ago
      He seems like such a balanced person.
    • datruth  •  6 months ago
      They make a good couple... they are both weirdos and u can tell they like to still get high on drugs. Angelina is always buzzing when she is at any award ceremony... Too obvious !!! Once a crackhead, always a crackhead, no matter how many kids she adopts !! All her kids are raised by nannies not them !!! They are too buzy being selfish ... oh, and doing crack.