Angelina Jolie: 'I'm Boring'

ByABC News
July 25, 2003, 3:00 PM

July 25 -- The entire planet might be talking about Angelina Jolie's sex life, but she still finds herself quite "boring."

Although she's long had a reputation for shocking the public, Jolie caused even more eyebrows to raise two weeks ago when, in a 20/20 interview with ABCNEWS' Barbara Walters, she revealed she had had a lesbian affair and found being slashed with knives sexy.

Now, as she promotes Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, she's a little surprised that the public is so interested in digging deep into her past. These days, she describes herself as a busy working mom who doesn't have much time for dating.

"I'm a person who hasn't had a relationship in a very long time, and hasn't had sex for over a year," Jolie told reporters in New York, where she was promoting the new film, which opens today in theaters around the country.

"I find my personal life really boring," she said.

Hoping for Another Sequel

On screen, Croft is a female Indiana Jones. The original film grossed $131 million in the United States, and made her one of the biggest action stars in Hollywood. This time out, the intrepid British archaeologist stumbles onto Pandora's box in Africa and tangles with a bioterrorist who thinks he can use it for evil.

In person, the 28-year-old actress hardly looks the part of the butt-kicking action hero, revealing thin arms through a black sleeveless top, sipping Diet Coke in cargo pants and talking about two issues dear to her heart motherhood and refugee children.

Jolie was obliging to talk about fallout from the 20/20 interview. But you could tell she wanted to move on. In recent days, she reportedly cut short a TV interview with Good Day Live because she wanted to talk about the film rather than her sex life.

Lara Croft is a far cry from her Oscar-winning performance in Girl, Interrupted. Still, Jolie says she's hoping that she'll get to put her English accent to use in sequel after sequel. She especially loves when her character is called the female James Bond.