In her in-depth interview with Vanity Fair magazine, the pregnant humanitarian-actress talked about the paparazzi, and how the business has changed. Angelina Jolie said,

“It’s our media. People always slow down for a train wreck. It’s like junk food. If you don’t feel good about yourself, you want to read crap about other people, like gossip in high school. You don’t understand why it’s there, but somehow it makes a lot of people feel better.”

Very well-said Ange! And so true as well! With the exception of you and Brad Pitt, look who sells the most in terms of paparazzi photos — the train wrecks in the guise of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and their ilk! Angelina Jolie then compared the paps before and now,

“In my father’s generation, the product was 80 percent of what you were putting into the world, and your personal life was 20 percent. It now seems that 80 percent of the product I put out is silly, made-up stories and what I’m wearing.”

As for reading the tabloids and looking at paparazzi shots of other celebrities, Angelina Jolie says she’s not into it. Why? Read on..

“I would never do that because I have good friends I would be reading about and I don’t want it even in my head … a negative fairy tale about somebody I like. I don’t want it in my thoughts. I owe it to them not to pay attention. I know it’s not true. Over 95 percent of what’s said about us is entirely untrue.”