Angelina Jolie Advocates For Free Speech, Says She Doesn’t “Recognize” U.S. Despite “Love” She Has For The Nation: “These Are Such Serious Times”

Angelina Jolie, who has served as a philanthropist and human rights advocate about as long as she’s commanded a movie star career, recently spoke to reporters at the San Sebastián Film Festival about the worrying sociopolitical conditions of the United States.

The Academy Award-winning actress was at the international Spanish fest promoting the deeply personal drama Couture, helmed by Alice Winocour, which had its world premiere at TIFF.

“It’s obviously a very difficult question,” she began, addressing recent turmoil in America, “only to say that I love my country, but I don’t, at this time, recognize my country. I’ve always lived internationally, my family is international, my friends, my life. My worldview is equal, united, international, so anything anywhere that divides or, of course, limits personal expressions and freedoms from anyone, I think, is very dangerous.”

She concluded, “These are such serious times that we have…