Angelina Jolie says 'no one has ever taken her seriously as an actress'

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has claimed that she has never been taken seriously as an actress - despite her many roles as a leading star in blockbuster movies

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Angelina Jolie has confessed to feeling that she has never been taken seriously as an actress. The Hollywood star — who recently opened up about her past morbid career dream — been opening up about her career as she promotes her new movie Maria where she plays famous opera singer Maria Callas. Angelina, 49, says that despite winning many awards for her work she has struggled to find herself being seen as a strong female lead.

Angelina Jolie fans disgusted as she goes on Jimmy Kimmel Show barefoot Angelina Jolie says she had morbid career dream before Hollywood Talking about making Maria she told the Radio Times: "It was a challenge. As artists you want to take on something that you are afraid of, that you’re not sure you can do. "You think about the old interviews there was a fuller conversation that was able to be had.



I watched Callas’s really old interviews and they spent hours talking to her about her craft. "Nobody’s ever done that for me. She was taken seriously.

I haven’t allowed myself to just enjoy [being an artist], because things become about celebrity or business. "It is a gift to be allowed to live a life as an artist, and this role has helped make me rediscover art and being an artist. I am rediscovering that through Maria.

" Angelina as admitted she spent months training to sing opera to play Maria, with her voice mixed with Callas’s own in the film. She was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her role as Maria on Monday. Talking about the training, she said: "You really can’t fake opera.

It doesn’t work. It has to be like a full-body thing for it to happen. DON'T MISS: Brad Pitt 'begging' kids to spend birthday with him and girlfriend Ines Brad Pitt ‘wants closer relationship’ with kids as Christmas 'wont be the same' Angelina Jolie was 'thinking of late mom' during moving speech at Gotham Awards "The thing with opera is you have to sing it pretty loud.

I’ve had my moments when everybody’s gone out, because then I get to be loud. "I was not sure I was ready to visit that level of truth and pain. I can see her (Maria’s) love of her work, but I can see also that there was a level of pressure and pain.

" She also confessed to finding opera singing therapeutic. She added: "I would recommend it for anybody. When people go through things in their life it stores in their body.

It gets in your stomach and your posture changes - but to sing opera you have to unlock all those parts. "I became very emotional because when you start to let it out it’s very, very primal.".