Angelina Jolie says she's ready to quit acting PT3M10S http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-3kmcj 620 349 November 18, 2014 Angelina Jolie is ready to quit acting and turn her attention to directing full-time. My job is to make the film great, not to make friends with everybody Speaking in Sydney after the world premiere of her second feature as director, the WW2 epic Unbroken, Jolie told Fairfax that as far as acting was concerned, "I'll do a few more, but I'll be happy to let that all go at some point." Over acting: Angelina Jolie says she is ready switch roles full time. Photo: Peter Parks/AFP The Oscar winner - she won best supporting actress for Girl, Interrupted in 2000 - said she finds being behind the camera far more fulfilling than being in front of it. "I love directing, I'm much happier directing," she said. I like following a project all the way through. I like spending two years on something and learning about it ... I like being pushed mentally to have to learn so much and be a part of every single aspect of a production. But her imminent career change doesn't mean she thinks any less of acting or actors, she insists. I love actors, I love watching actors work, and I like to shine a light on them. I actually prefer it when it's not me. And having been an actor since the age of seven, the 39-year-old Jolie feels she has some useful tools in the kitbag in helping bring the best out of her cast. I think it does help, in that I do think, 'OK, if I was doing this scene, what would I need, and what would I not want from my director'. I try to give them what I think would be the best situation, the best help. Are there moments when you have to play tyrant, though? Oh sure. That's what you want from a director," she says. My job is to make the film great, not to make friends with everybody.