Angelina Jolie makes heartfelt confession amid battle with Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie, who is best known for her captivating acting skills and humanitarian work, recently reflected on being an artist and what it means to be in the industry.

The 49-year-old movie star expressed her gratitude as she feels "very lucky" about her career, saying that she had numerous chances to explore so many different characters and stories along over the years.

During her recent interview with Extra, the Maria actress said: "Ever since I was young, I think it's a real gift to be an artist."

"We're very lucky that we get to explore, within a safe place with other artists, our emotional life and our pain and what a lot of people feel alone, and they don't have the chance to kind of express it. So I've always felt very lucky."

Angelina recently played a legendary character as singer Maria Callas in biopic Maria.

The actress was very nervous while filming as she is not familiar with singing and she also once revealed that she spent 6 months learning opera music, but later the By the Sea actress ended up enjoying her experience.

Angelina went on expressing: "I was very scared to sing and I was nervous to do things, but I also have always found it, you know, as an artist, you love things that scare you because it's a gift."