'Felt a deep and genuine sadness, I was hurt'

London: Angelina Jolie says she "lost herself a bit" after her divorce from Brad Pitt.

The two Hollywood stars decided to part ways in 2016 after two years of marriage and Jolie said she felt a "deep and genuine sadness" when her relationship fell apart.

"I don't know what my fate holds but what I am convinced of is that I am in a period of transition, like a return to my roots, a return to myself. Because, I had lost myself a bit. I think it happened as my relationship with Brad was coming to an end, then at the beginning of our separation.

"It was a complicated moment, where I didn't recognise myself anymore, where I had become ... how can I say ... smaller, almost insignificant, even if it wasn't necessarily visible. I felt a deep and genuine sadness, I was hurt," Jolie told French magazine Madame. The 44-year-old actor, however, believes the hurt helped her in reconnecting with "this humility and even this insignificance I was feeling." Maybe this is what being human is in the end".