Brad Pitt Says After Angelina Jolie Divorce He Is ‘Not Suicidal,’ Focusing On Kids

“Fight Club” star Brad Pitt is doing just fine since his split from ex-wife Angelina Jolie. The two ended their marriage in September after more than 10 years together, two of which they were married for. While promoting his new movie, “War Machine,” the Hollywood actor opened up about his personal life.

“I've got no secrets,” Pitt, 53, told the Associated Press Tuesday. “We're human and I find the human condition very interesting. If we're not talking about it, then we're not getting better.”

While things right now aren’t perfect, they’re not horrible for the actor either. “I'm not suicidal or something,” he said. “There's still much beauty in the world and a lot of love. And a lot of love to be given. It's all right. It's just life.”

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When he isn’t at work, Pitt tries “keeping the ship afloat” and “figuring out the new configuration of our family.” He and Jolie have six children, Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 8.

When they broke up six months ago, they made a decision to put their kids first. “Kids are everything,” Pitt explained. “Kids are your life. They're taking all the focus, as they should anyway.”

Even though he’s starred in various movies recently, fans might not get a glimpse of him on the silver screen for too much longer. “I feel myself as I'm older gravitating more to the producing side than being in front of the camera,” he told the AP. “It's a big commitment, a film, and it does take you away from your family. I just have to balance that. It's not less important, itself, it's just not as important as family.”

Previously, the actor shocked most people when he gave a candid interview with GQ Magazine last month, opening about his divorce from Jolie, 41, for the first time.

One of the things he talked about was why he didn’t want to fight with his ex over their children.

“I heard one lawyer say, ‘No one wins in court—it's just a matter of who gets hurt worse,’” Pitt said. “And it seems to be true. You spend a year just focused on building a case to prove your point and why you're right and why they're wrong, and it's just an investment in vitriolic hatred. I just refuse. And fortunately my partner in this agrees. It's just very, very jarring for the kids, to suddenly have their family ripped apart.”

Before the interview went live, Pitt briefed Jolie, letting her be the first to know about his statements. “He's committed to having a healthy relationship with her,” an insider told E! Online at the time.

Pitt was also frank about his struggle with alcohol.

“...I can’t remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn’t boozing or had a spliff, or something. And you realize that a lot of it is, um—cigarettes, you know, pacifiers,” he said. “And I’m running from feelings. I’m really, really happy to be done with all of that. I mean I stopped everything except boozing when I started my family. But even this last year, you know—things I wasn’t dealing with. I was boozing too much. It just become a problem. And I’m really happy it’s been half a year now, which is bittersweet, but I’ve got my feeling in my fingertips again. I think that’s part of the human challenge: You either deny them all of your life or you answer them and evolve.”

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