Angelina Jolie on Her UN Refugee Role

“What was really shocking was that every individual person you meet will tell you that their immediate family was [affected]. Somebody’s child was killed, somebody’s husband. Someone was beaten.”
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Two years ago, alluring Hollywood bad girl Angelina Jolie brought to life Lara Croft, the butt-kicking, tomb-raiding video game heroine responsible for so many adolescent boys’ sore thumbs and naughty daydreams. This month she returns to theaters in “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,” on a quest to save the mythical Pandora’s Box. MTV News correspondent Iann Robinson sat down with Jolie to discuss her adventuresome alter ego as well as her penchant for political punk rock.
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BLITZER: In “Beyond Borders” Angelina Jolie plays Sarah Jordan, a socialite turned philanthropist. She meets a charismatic relief doctor and over the course of two decades their story of love and danger unfolds against a backdrop of humanitarian crisis. Jolie says the project opened her eyes.
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“LARA CROFT, Tomb Raider’s” babe-in-boyland is poised to become this summer’s number one action hero in hot pants. But the push-up bra, powerful legs, and pouty lips belie something quite unexpected. Unlike her bullet-proof onscreen persona, we found 26-year-old Angelina Jolie to be both incredibly vulnerable and decidedly real.
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Angela Bishop: Obviously you’re having a great time on this set, is it everything you thought it’d be?

Jolie: No…it’s actually better then I thought it’d be. I was a little worried when I first um was approached to do this and ah every step of the way the sets have been umm just amazing.
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Morgan and Angelina Jolie Talk ‘Tomb Raider’

Action star talks about her role in Lara Croft movie.
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What’s it like to make a game into a movie? Morgan Webb gets the lowdown on the upcoming summer sequel “Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life.” Tune in to “X-Play” for interviews with the film’s stars, Angelina Jolie, Djimon Hounsou, and Gerard Butler, as well as with the film’s director, Jan de Bont. Watch the streaming videos for the full interviews.
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Brain Williams, co-host: Angelina Jolie has not only three Golden Globes and an Oscar to her credit, now she is also a record breaker. Her latest film, in case you haven’t heard, “Tomb Raider,” made an astounding 48 million dollars in just 3 days, making it the highest grossing opening weekend by a movie starring a female in a leading role. She plays Lara Croft, a swashbuckling action heroine who has a passion for adventure and a good fight.
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The strength of the human spirit

While known for the roles she played in such movies as Girl, Interrupted and Tomb Raider, Ms. Jolie accepted her most important role on August 27, 2001 when she was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency. By speaking out on behalf of refugees around the world, she has complemented her career as an actress by also taking on the role of activist.
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Angelina Jolie is best known for her award-winning cinematic portrayals of a self-destructive supermodel, a scheming mental patient, and, most recently, a high-flying adventurer in the popular Tomb Raider series. However, for the past two years Ms. Jolie has worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on behalf of refugees, traveling to camps and returnee settlements in Africa, Asia, and South America. In August 2001, she was named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.
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Shaun Robinson: Mrs. Billy Bob Thornton got into unbelievable shape to play the curvaceous Tomb Raider. The hardest part? Well maybe the curves…

Angelina Jolie: I’m a 36 C – in the movie it’s a D, ok? In the game its like a 40 DD. ok?
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Secrets from the Tomb Raider!

MARK STEINES had an exclusive visit on the set with ANGELINA JOLIE and chatted about “raiding tombs,” being a bad-ass and why she and BILLY BOB THORNTON are stranger than people think!
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Action Angelina!

On the verge or just plain crazy, ANGELINA JOLIE is on top of the world with the much-hyped, sure-fire summer hit ‘Tomb Raider,’ her best friend, BILLY BOB THORNTON and a new outlook on life. ET was with Jolie and her dad, JON VOIGHT, to find out how this father/daughter team lights it up both on screen and in real life.
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About Motherhood

Interviewer: How is motherhood treating you?

Angelina: It’s the most amazing thing in the word. He’s changed my life, he’s really centered me.
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LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight: She’s kicked butt at the box office, earned an Oscar and made more tabloid headlines than you can count; Angelina Jolie, outspoken, uninhibited for the hour, and no telling what we’re going to talk about. It’s next on LARRY KING WEEKEND.
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Leno: How are you?

A: I’m good!

Leno: You look great. And you — oh, and wait –
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serendipity says: What kind of Yoga did you use to train for Tomb Raider?

WildStarDust1 in Onstage! asks: Was it physically challanging to do some of the scenes in “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”
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JS: My guest tonight won back to back Golden Globe awards for the miniseries George Wallace and the TV movie Gia. She also appeared in the film Hackers and the Jon Stewart vehicle Playing by Heart. Her latest, which opens on Friday, is called Pushing Tin.
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JON: Welcome Back!

JON: My guest tonight an Academy Award winning actress. Her films include The Bone Collector, Girl Interrupted, and Lara Croft Tomb Raider. Her latest is Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.
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Lala: So I’m here chillin’ with Academy Award winner, Angelina Jolie. How are you doing?

Angelina: I’m very good.

Lala: The cool thing about your character, obviously in “Tomb Raider: Lara Croft“, is that she’s very, very independent. Are there similarities between Angelina Jolie and the character?

Angelina: Independence and a wild sense of fun.. And she’s maybe a little reckless, and crazy. But I think she’s got a good heart.
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Interviewer: Lovely to meet you.

Angelina Jolie: Nice to meet you.

Interviewer: What do you think walking down the Dorchester Hotel in London, so you like London?

Angelina Jolie: I love London, but I cant stay here because my husband has a problem with antiques so were not staying in this one.
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Q&A: Angelina Jolie on ‘A Mighty Heart’

In “A Mighty Heart,” Angelina Jolie stars as Mariane Pearl, whose husband, Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002. Jolie sat down with journalists last week to talk about her role, which has been sparking Oscar rumors. The movie opens Friday.
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‘Straight from the Heart’

Jolie: I have a lot I want to do in this world
Angelina Jolie talks about her new film ‘A Mighty Heart,’ motherhood, and humanitarian work; Brad Pitt talks in a separate interview.
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