WHY ANGELINA JOLIE IS QUITTING ACTING

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"I've never been comfortable as an actor; I've never loved being in front of the camera". I didn't ever think I could direct, but I hope I'm able to have a career at it because I'm much happier".  Jolie said in an interview with Du Jour Magazine. 

So, she's planning to leave acting behind? "Absolutely," Jolie responded.

"I see myself moving into directing more and doing much less as an actor," Jolie later clarified to Entertainment Weekly. "I have a few more in me, ones I have been developing for some time, so I will do those before I step away."

Obviously, one of those movies she wants to see through is her 2015 film "By the Sea," which she wrote and directed, and also stars in with husband Brad Pitt.

"It's a heavy film, and it's not easy for us," Jolie told DuJour of her upcoming project. "But even as you struggle through it, you're in the trenches together and you don't expect it to be easy. We're challenging each other and that's a really good thing."

Jolie is currently promoting her new film, Unbroken. The movie revolves around the life of an Olympic athlete, Louis Zamperini, who spent 47 days living on a raft after surviving a plane crash in the Pacific and then more than two and a half years living in several Japanese prisoner of war camps.