Jolie: I have a lot to be happy about

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Curry: You’re eight months along almost close—
Jolie: No, not yet.
Curry: Not yet.
Jolie: Not yet, no.
Curry: How are you feeling?
Jolie: I’m feeling fine. I’ve been very, very lucky. I’ve had a very fortunate pregnancy. I didn’t have bad morning sickness time. I haven’t had to slow down, which has been nice for me.
Curry: You know what I loved about being pregnant? I loved that feeling of not being alone, of speaking for two. You don’t have that?
Jolie: Well, I suppose because I’m always with my kids all the time that I feel like I’m speaking for eight. (Laughter) You know? I suppose it’s more just like having one not sit on the other’s head.
But some women are very, very grounded to the earth suddenly. I think I’m still kind of in denial about it.
Curry: Denial?
Jolie: I still have this kind of funny thing of like I can’t quite believe it. I was always very sure that I would adopt all my children. And I was quite at peace with that. And then things felt different and made some different choices. And we’ll continue to adopt. But now I’m pregnant.
Curry: Where does this lead? How many kids do you want, Angie? You’re gonna have three kids. They’re busy. They keep you up at night. They’re—they need—
Jolie: We love children, you know? And fortunately, we have the resources to be able to get help where we need it or to have a big enough place. So I think there’s no real plan of stopping. There’s just talk about lots of them.
Curry: How do you know when you found one you want to adopt?
Jolie: I’m a big believer in just, you know, they find you. So I think—as we travel—yeah, we joke about it now. If I go to visit an orphanage, everybody gets nervous. (Laughter)

People magazine declared the expecting parents and their growing clan to be America’s most beautiful family. And Angelina and Brad want to continue their humanitarian work, which in the last few months have seen them visit earthquake victims in Pakistan and advocate for children in Haiti.

Curry: How nice is it for you to not be on this path alone? And how much is Brad bringing to the table of what you are trying to do with your life?
Jolie: Well, without getting so into (laughter) that personal stuff. People know very little about him, I think, when it comes to where his morals are, where his values are, how he is with people, what he cares about, what he’s learned about.
And he’s a very aware person. He’s doing a lot of good things. And he’s a great parent. And so certainly it’s nice to watch him do that. And it’s nice for me to be able to talk about the things I care about and with somebody that does as well.
Curry: You seem to have become a formidable duo in this world.
Jolie: Yeah. (Laughter) It’s just—the idea, I can’t even—It feels so bizarre to just talk about any kind of, you know? So that is why I giggle about it. I just don’t know how to address it..
Curry: Giggling, I understand is something you’re doing a lot more lately.
Jolie: I am.
Curry: Is it pregnancy? Is it—
Jolie: Well, apparently that’s what I’ve gotten from pregnancy. Brad said this to me, too. I get hysterical now. Like hysterical to the point of crying and falling off the bed. Like I get hysterical.
Curry: Are you just joyful?
Jolie: Or like I’ll try to read, and then I’ll start laughing. It’ll last for like 20 minutes. And then, you know, I’ll sit back down and focus again. He’s reading, and I’m reading. And we’re sitting there really serious and try—and then I’ll just go. Like it’ll go on for—for hours. (Laughter) It’s really horrible.
Curry: There was a girl I once met who didn’t know how to laugh very much who once said to me.
Jolie: (laughing)
Curry: You’re a mess. You’re laughing. You’re hormonal. Keep it up. Get pregnant more often, because this is working.
Jolie: Oh, no, that’s what I started to say... I started to say like I was really miserable before – (laughs)
Curry: Well, you were once much more serious. And you’re bright and joyful.
Jolie: I have a lot to be happy about.

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The ultimate goal of the global education drive is that, by the year 2015, children everywhere, both boys and girls, should complete at least a fifth grade education.

In Africa, where Angelina Jolie has focussed so much of her effort, 40 million children are out of school, including more than half of all girls, who never finish elementary school.

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