Brad Pitt Does Cannes with Ocean's 13

Brad Pitt attends a photocall for blockbuster-to-be Ocean’s Thirteen at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday in France.

On Dateline Wendesday night, Brad shared about Daniel Pearl being the first prominent Western journalist to die covering the war on terror. He watched the story unfold on television and was deeply moved: “I myself remember vividly sitting at the kitchen table and being riveted by this journalist who had been taken. I don’t know if it’s because of his spirit of what was there behind it at that time. But the interview of his wife, of course, Mariane. Because she came out with such strength.”

He also believed the international search team for Pearl was itself a kind of victory over the terrorists: “These guys tried to take out and destroy this man. It actually backfired in in a very interesting way. It actually brought people together. And the people in the house who were in search of Danny were Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jewish. And it actually became this�”a catalyst to bring people together.”

Brad also opened up about there being more that unites us as people, than divides us: “We want the best for our families. We want to live a dignified life. We want our children to be happy and have opportunities, and oppression and tyranny does not belong in that for any of us. And you know, if you look at all our emotions, they’re all the same right across the board. And you know, I’m stating the obvious. But a reminder doesn’t hurt, does it?”

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