Angelina Jolie Says ‘I Don’t Recognize My Country’ Right Now: ‘These Are Such Serious Times’

“Anything anywhere that divides or, of course, limits personal expressions and freedoms from anyone, I think, is very dangerous,” said Angelina Jolie.

Angelina Jolie is speaking out about threats to freedom of speech.

When the actress, 50, attended the San Sebastián Film Festival in Spain on Sunday, Sept.21, in support of her latest movie Couture, she spoke about political tensions in the U.S.

when asked what she is “afraid of as an artist and as an American” during a press conference.

“It’s obviously a very difficult question.

Only to say, I love my country, but I don’t at this time recognize my country,” Jolie said.

The question appeared to receive some laughter from journalists and audience members gathered for the conference.

“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,” Jolie said.

“I think these are such serious times that we have to be careful not to say things casually, so I’ll be careful during a press conference,” she continued, “but to say that, of course, like all of you and everyone watching, these are very, very heavy times we are living in together.”.

Angelina Jolie on Sept. 21, 2025.
While Jolie did not mention Jimmy Kimmel, her remarks come days after ABC and Disney’s decision to indefinitely suspend the comedian’s late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! over jokes the comedian made about President Donald Trump and his response to the fatal shooting of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk during the Sept.

15 episode of Kimmel’s show.

Disney and ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! came shortly after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr appeared to threaten media companies during a Sept. 17 podcast appearance.

Trump, 79, claimed that media networks who give him “wholly bad publicity” are “not allowed to do that” on Sept.18.

The decision has sparked fierce pushback from Hollywood labor unions and other late-night show hosts.

Angelina Jolie on Sept. 21, 2025.

Outside of her Hollywood career, Jolie is a human rights activist who worked with the United Nation’s refugee agency in multiple positions between 2001 and 2022.

The actress regularly speaks out in support of refugees around the world, including her note in a June 20 Instagram post that the world currently has the “highest number ever” of people displaced by violence on World Refugee Day and a Sept. 6 statement regarding famine in Gaza.

Angelina Jolie on Sept. 21, 2025.

In January 2025, Jolie, who grew up in Los Angeles as the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, told The Hollywood Reporter she plans to move abroad once her kids are all 18 and older.

“When you have a big family, you want them to have privacy, peace, safety,” Jolie said at the time.

“I have a house now to raise my children, but sometimes this place can be … that humanity that I found across the world is not what I grew up with here.”.

The star said after she leaves L.A., “I’ll spend a lot of time in Cambodia,” which is where she adopted son Maddox from in 2002.

Additionally, “I’ll spend time visiting my family members wherever they may be in the world,” she added.