Jolie's numerous tattoos have been the
subject of much media attention and have often been addressed by interviewers. Jolie stated that, while she is not opposed to
film nudity, the large
number of tattoos on her
body has forced filmmakers to become more creative when planning nude or love scenes. Make-up has been used to
cover up the tattoos in
many of her productions.
Jolie currently has thirteen known
tattoos, among them the
Tennessee Williams quote "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages", which she got together with her mother, the Arabic language phrase "العزيمة" (strength of will), the Latin proverb "quod me nutrit me destruit" (what nourishes me destroys me), and a
Yantra prayer written in the ancient Khmer script for her son Maddox.She also has six sets of geographical coordinates on her upper left arm indicating the birthplaces of her children.Over time she covered or lasered several of her
tattoos, including "Billy Bob", the name of her former husband
Billy Bob Thornton, a
Chinese character for death , and a window on her lower back; she explained that she removed the window, because, while she used to spend all of her time looking out through windows wishing to be outside, she now lives there all of the time.
