All of these comments seem to forget that Angelina Jolie is a huge celebrity, who got there by being a sex symbol. Why should she be treated now as an expert, because she's following a self-righteous path? If anything we should reconsider why we give "beautiful" people so much power anyway, even if they set out on a path to legitimize themselves by visiting the poor of the world in a private jet. Off point, but for a change in perspective: how many resources and how much pollution does she cause traveling around the world? I think Kurt was fair in his slightly dismissive attitude.

Kurt,
What disappointed me most about this interview was that in your attempt to be light and flirtatious, you belittled Ms. Jolie's accomplishments.
Would you have said "as a UN whatever you are" to a man?
She explained that she read about the Bosnian conflict and wrote about it to educate herself about the region...and you commented "That's smart"
Would you have said "That's smart" to anyone other writer who decided to study the Bosnian conflict?
And your final comment, as others have mentioned, was so insulting, so out of context with the conversation you had just had...so disappointing.
I recommend the Charlie Rose interview of Ms. Jolie to others who might want to hear an interview with her on the subject of this film.

What a wonderful interview from Ms. Jolie about a totally interesting and important creative endeavor! And what an amateur performance from Mr. Anderson! Wow! First the fan-worship and then the condescending slap at the end? Like the other commenter said - wonder if she'll ever come back to NPR? I know I wouldn't.

I agree. The interview was great except for the last comment. She was very gracious though, eliciting even more respect for her.

Dear Sir / Madam:

I enjoyed the interview with Angelina Jolie. I thought she had many interesting things to say about her film, "In the Land of Blood and Honey." I would have loved it if the journalist had interrupted her less. He did seem excited about the interview and the film, but he could have contained his excitement until Jolie completed her thoughts. This style of interviewing seems to happen with some frequency on WNYC, and I find it a bit frustrating to listen to compared to, for example, France Culture.

Thank you,

EW

Kurt
Your final remark to Angelina Jolie today ("You seem to be a really normal person") was surely on my mind, too, but I wonder if you were embarrassed by it afterwards. It implies that you assumed that Ms. Jolie would be some kind of weirdo, and were surprised that she was articulate, thoughtful and intelligent.

Kurt: Surprised at you. Perfectly good interview of A. Jolie ending with you saying that she seems "perfectly sane" to you and that she "appears to have a head on [her] shoulders"? Oops. Think she'll ever come back?