35 Inspirational Brad Pitt Quotes On Success

Brad Pitt is an American actor and producer. He has received multiple awards and nominations including an Academy Award as producer under his own company Plan B Entertainment. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise. He gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys, the latter earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination. May his quotes inspire you to work hard to attain your dreams.

1. “By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You’ve just got to keep moving. You can’t stop.” Brad Pitt

2. “I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense – how do you approach the problem of this character? Sometimes I crack that problem, sometimes I don’t.” Brad Pitt

3. “I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.” Brad Pitt

4. “Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.” Brad Pitt

5. “Action speaks louder than words.” Brad Pitt

6. “It’s those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it’s a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses.” Brad Pitt

7. “You must lose everything in order to gain anything.” Brad Pitt

8. “At the end of the day if my family need me or if they need anything, I’m there for them.” Brad Pitt

9. “I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don’t discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that’s very telling.” Brad Pitt

10. “What’s valuable to me has become clearer as I’ve got older. To me, it’s about the value of your time and your day and the value of the people you spend it with.” Brad Pitt

11. “I grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri, and I just loved film. My folks would take us to the drive-in on summer nights, and we’d sit on the hood of the car. I just had this profound love for storytelling.” Brad Pitt

12. “Where I grew up, we started out in Oklahoma and then moved to Missouri, it was considered hubris to talk about yourself. And the downside of that was that ideas rarely got exchanged, or true feelings.” Brad Pitt

13. “My training is documented on film.” Brad Pitt

14. “With sons and father, there’s an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you.” Brad Pitt

15. “I have an adventure every morning.” Brad Pitt

16. “I tell young guys, don’t make choices because somebody else is telling you it’s good from a career maintenance perspective.” Brad Pitt

17. “My life has been about big changes.” Brad Pitt

18. “I’ve always been at war with myself, for right or wrong. I’ve grown quite comfortable with being at war.” Brad Pitt

19. “I’m satisfied with making true choices.” Brad Pitt

20. “Just the fact that there is an unknown (in regards to death) and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That’s enough for me.” Brad Pitt

21. “I grew up on certain movies, particular movies that said something to me as a kid from Missouri, movies that showed me places I’d yet travelled, or different cultures, or explained something, or said something in a better way than I could ever say. I wanted to find the movies like that.” Brad Pitt

22. “I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what’s more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.” Brad Pitt

23. “When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.” Brad Pitt

24. “I would say that the directors that I’ve liked the most are all curious in mature – curious thinkers. They’re all big questioners, I would say, first and foremost.” Brad Pitt

25. “I get enraged when people start telling other people how to live their lives.” Brad Pitt

26. “I don’t feel restless, I just like to travel.” Brad Pitt

27. “The latitude and longitudinal lines of where you are born determine your opportunity in life, and it’s not equal. We may have been created equal, but we’re not born equal. It’s a lot to do with luck and you have to pass that on.” Brad Pitt

28. “I’ve been no stranger to change.” Brad Pitt

29. “You want to stake your own claim.” Brad Pitt

30. “In Missouri, where I come from, we don’t talk about what we do, we just do it. If we talk about it, it’s seen as bragging.” Brad Pitt

31. “Once you get older, you get a little closer to yourself, intimate.” Brad Pitt

32. “We’re mysteries to ourselves.” Brad Pitt

33. “Seeing the world is the best education you can get. You see sorrow, and you also see great spirit and will to survive.” Brad Pitt

34. “You can’t be different for different’s sake, and this doesn’t always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it’s not truthful, don’t waste your time.” Brad Pitt

35. “My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn’t want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life.” Brad Pitt

36. “I have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have mu family, and I haven’t known life to be any happier.” Brad Pitt

37. “I’m actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. No is the most powerful word in our business. You’ve got to protect yourself.” Brad Pitt

38. “In some ways, I’m still a kid from Missouri and Oklahoma, and I’m trying to find my way.” Brad Pitt

39. “I start asking a lot of questions about my own life, and it’s not necessarily fun, but it’s a good exercise.” Brad Pitt

40. “I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.” Brad Pitt