Angelina Jolie Says Getting Older Has Given Her ‘Better Work’

Angelina Jolie thinks getting older and wiser has actually helped her work in the film industry flourish.

In a recent interview, the Academy Award winner told The Sunday Times her artistic opportunities have only grown as her career continues.

“I’ve got better work as I’ve got older,” she explained. “I don’t think about it in terms of roles offered, but in terms of life experience you contribute.”

As her career has progressed, Jolie, 49, has also embraced the new opportunities her work has provided.

For her upcoming role as renowned opera talent Maria Callas in the biopic “Maria,” the star had to relearn how to sing, and in turn had to overcome years of insecurity spurred on by an ex who once told her she had a bad voice.

“To find my voice and my breath, I had to drop all the things that were protecting me and open up again,” she said in a separate interview with The New York Times published on Sunday.

In “Maria,” Jolie channels legendary soprano Callas as she grapples with her life, legacy and waning vocal abilities during her lonely last days in Paris. The real singer was 53 when she died of a heart attack at her Paris home in 1977.

Jolie told the New York Times how she related to Callas’ feelings of isolation in the face of fame.

“Loneliness is not a bad thing,” the movie star said. “We’re both seen as strong, but actually we’re very vulnerable and human. I don’t think either one of us is necessarily comfortable being public.”