Brad Pitt: Quentin Tarantino "Had Me at Hello"

Us Magazine - May 20, 2009 3:09 PM PDT
Story photo: Brad Pitt: Quentin Tarantino Brad Pitt attends the ''Inglourious Basterds' Photo Call at the Palais des Festivals during the 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2009 in Cannes, France. Jeff Vespa/WireImage.comUs Magazine
Brad Pitt doesn't spend time away from Angelina Jolie and their six children for just any project.

"As I get older, it's about the company you keep because you're away from your family," he said at the first press conference for his new film, Inglourious Basterds, in Cannes, France, Wednesday. "Sometimes for months."

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The star -- currently at the Cannes Film Festival along with Jolie -- praised director Quentin Tarantino as he sat alongside him and costars Mike Myers and Diane Kruger.

"He had me at hello," Pitt, 45, joked.

Tarantino replied: "I had him at bonjour."

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Pitt, who repeatedly showed off his own French speaking skills -- saying, "je t'aime," which means "I love you," several times -- as he opened up about his first meeting with Tarantino.

"We went out together... I got up the next morning and saw, like, five empty bottles on the floor and some sort of smoking device on the floor," he said, laughing. "Then, somehow, six weeks later I was doing the film."

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He said the movie, which follows Pitt as a lieutenant of a group of Jewish-American soldiers fighting Nazis during World War II, was "something new" for him.

"I wish all films could be made this way," he said. "It's definitely outrageous, which I was game for!"

The actor, wearing a cream Tom Ford suit and ascot, also spoke to Today's Ann Curry about how he's satisfied with his life.

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"Angie's been working, and I've got to be home a lot with the kids," he said. "Let me be the cliche -- it's really rewarding."

Pitt, who says "I'm right in the zone" and that "it's one of the most on track" times of his life, isn't quite sure where he's heading.

"I really don't know what's next... It's still been about discovery, and finding new things and new things of interest," he said. "The kids are certainly responsible for that."

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  • Melecia
    brad is too hot and too sexy
    report abuseposted May 26, 2009 1:37 AM PDT
  • Lizzy4real
    Brad Pitt and Angelina are wonderful parent i love them both.
    report abuseposted May 25, 2009 3:18 PM PDT
  • cutiebear
    You have six kids and don't know where live is headed....seems a little odd to me. But whatever I just hate him for leaving Jen that bastard! He should take HIS kids and leave Angelina for Jennifer this time!
    report abuseposted May 22, 2009 2:25 AM PDT
  • Apache1
    I think the problem with some of you is you wish you could have him but even if he knew you he wouldn't be bothered. He is aging beautifully.
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 5:24 PM PDT
  • Apache1
    I think the problem with some of you is you wish you could have him but even if he knew you he wouldn't be bothered. He is aging beautifully.
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 5:24 PM PDT
  • library lady
    Looking a little old there Brad!
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 3:35 PM PDT
  • LYNN H
    well, you're on here surrealdreamer, arentcha? i think he's aging HORRIBLY. check out picks of when he was with gwyneth...he went from hot to frump
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 3:07 PM PDT
  • surrealdreamer
    Why do people come on these gossip sites and act like you know what kind of people these celebs are? You do not know them and I am quite sure they would not give most of you the time of day. We do not know if they are nice people or bad people, We only see what they want us to see...So grow up and get a life cuz you guys spend way to much time on here acting like you know these people....
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 3:03 PM PDT
  • SugarSugar
    He is yummy! Brad and Angie are beautiful people inside and out, great parents with beautiful kids, I wish them all the best.
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 2:31 PM PDT
  • Titania
    I LOVE YOU BRAD PITT. I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE ANY THING With Quentin Tarantino is always fun and exciting and that's what the movie goers wants. Brad and Angi are really good parents and I love them both.. Keep up the good work guys.
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 2:09 PM PDT
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