Brad Pitt
Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images One of the world’s best-known actors Brad Pitt [pictured] has said he’s left Atheism behind and “clings to religion”.
In a wide-ranging interview published in a US magazine, Mr Pitt (55) spoke of his Christian upbringing and the importance of religion in his life.
“I grew up with Christianity. Always questioned it, but it worked at times. And then when I got on my own, I completely left it and I called myself agnostic,” he told GQ Magazine.
“Tried a few spiritual things but didn’t feel right. Then I called myself an atheist for a while, just kind of being rebellious. I wasn’t really. But I kind of labelled myself that for a while. It felt punk rock enough.”
‘Guilt’
Previously Mr Pitt has spoken of his “Christian guilt” over decisions on what he should and shouldn’t do. When he was in school his parents would go to religious Christian revival meetings where he said he felt “moved by the Holy Spirit”.
His religious questioning continued when he enrolled as a journalism student at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He dropped out of college during his last semester to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles. The superstar said “I cling to religion” during an interview that also focused on his upcoming film Ad Astra.