Angelina Jolie on Why She Would Get into Politics
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Ethan Miller/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Angelina Jolie would consider a career in politics “if I felt I could really make a difference,” she told a British television network.
“I’ve always gone where I felt I was needed,” the actress and activist, 39, told ITV on Tuesday. “When I started working with the U.N., I loved working in the field.”
Jolie began her humanitarian work in the early 2000s and since then has served as a United Nations goodwill ambassador, traveling to places such as Darfur, a war-torn region in Sudan, and neighboring Chad. She’s also met with members of Congress over the years, championing causes focused on children in developing nations.
In June, Jolie was appointed an honorary dame commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George for her work with the United Kingdom and efforts to end sexual violence in war zones.
Jolie added that after her U.N. work, she got more involved with going to Washington, D.C., to “plead” for certain cases.
Of that work, Jolie said she “doesn’t know what that means or where that will lead me.” But if she’s useful in making change, then politics might be in her future.
The Oscar winner also spoke to ITV about “all of the people who are starving and dying at the moment.”
“We simply aren’t doing enough,” she said.
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