Los Angeles, California - Over ten years ago, Angelina Jolie divorced actor Brad Pitt . Since then, the mom of six has not entered a new relationship.
In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment, the 51-year-old opened up about her personal life while dishing on her upcoming film Couture and her role in it.
In the movie, she plays filmmaker Maxine Walker, who meets a new partner in Paris – just as she is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Jolie is all too familiar with this subject , as her mother died in 2007 from complications of ovarian and breast cancer.
This fate prompted the actor to re-evaluate her approach to her private life.
"To be candid, I haven't dated since I divorced a decade ago," Jolie said.
Instead, she has focused entirely on her children and family – finding a new partner has not been a top priority for her.
Angelina Jolie wants to get back to her former self
To embody Maxine Walker, however, she had to change her perspective: "It took me a second to kind of say, well, she can also love her daughter and be dedicated to her daughter and also need this as a woman and receive this as a woman."
She admitted that life had "broken me a little bit," and said that she needed to start living and being free again .
Some time ago, Jolie's three daughters encouraged her to place her own life more at the center again.
"They're talking to me as young women, and I'm seeing what I want for them," the Maleficent star said.
"I'm seeing what I don't want them to lose and what I want them to hold on to. And it's kind of reminding me what I may have lost."
As for Jolie's ex, Pitt has since moved on with jewelry designer Ines de Ramon, and the two are said to have moved in together last October.