36 Things You Didn’t Know About Angelina Jolie

4. Her Own Dreams

Angelina Jolie says that she didn’t realize until her 30’s that she only became an actress because her mother wanted her to act. She realized that her true passion was humanitarian work, and she also wants to write and direct.

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3. Difficult Choices

In 2013, Angelina was told by doctors that she carried a gene that would almost guarantee that she would have breast cancer some day.  She had a double mastectomy in order to make sure she would never have a chance of getting breast cancer.

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