Angelina Jolie reveals bizarre career path she considered before becoming an actor to stunned Jimmy Fallon

Angelina Jolie reveals bizarre job she studied for before becoming an actorSource: The Tonight Show

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00:00Is it true that prior to acting, you were studying to become a funeral director?

00:06Yes.

00:08That was the one I didn't think! A funeral director?

00:11Yeah.

00:12Why? How?

00:15Doesn't it make sense, though?

00:20My grandfather died, and I remembered thinking, this is not how they should be.

00:26This should be a celebration of life, and since I'm not afraid of death and I was comfortable with it,

00:30I thought, this would be a great career path.

00:34I could throw these parties.

00:36I could, like, make this better. I could do a thing here.

00:39We need more people like that. It shouldn't be that.

00:41It's my fallback career now.

00:43That's great, I did not know that about you.

00:45Is it true that you consider becoming a pilot?

00:48Yes, I'm a pilot.

00:50You are a pilot?

00:51I am a pilot.

00:52I would guess that you would be.

00:54But I don't know why.

00:56And my son, Maddox, is training to be a pilot now, too.

01:00Actually, he is a pilot now.

01:02Finally, is it true that you love stand-up comedy?

01:05At one point, you considered trying stand-up.

01:07That is definitely a no.

01:10You would not.

01:12You would not do that.

01:13No.

01:14No, but you love comedy.

01:15Yeah.

01:16I could deal with a funeral. I could deal with 10,000 feet in the air.

01:21But no, what you do terrifies.

01:24No, I'm kidding.

01:25Okay, that's good to know.