Angelina Jolie Worried About Being "Right Person" to Direct 'First They Killed My Father' | Director Roundtable

"I need this nation to talk, yet did I believe I had the privilege to be the one doing that?" Jolie said of making the film.

"When you guide, it will be a very long time of your life. I believe you're just going to do it well in the event that you have to do it, and you have to do it well," Angelina Jolie said of her most recent movie, First They Killed My Father amid The Hollywood Reporter's Director Roundtable.

"In Cambodia, this is a topic that has been faced off regarding. This history isn't known. Universally, it's not known. It's something that has influenced me to agitate when I was in the nation. I've perceived how it influences the general population, and I have a child who should know his history," Jolie told the table while articulating her need to make the Cambodian-based recorded element. Jolie embraced her eldest child Maddox Jolie-Pitt from Cambodia in 2002. At 16 years old, Jolie-Pitt filled in as a maker on his mom's film.

"I need this nation to talk, yet did I believe I had the privilege to be the one doing that? It was hard consistently to know whether I was sufficient or the ideal individual to do it," Jolie said of making the film, which earned a Golden Globe assignment for best remote film on Monday.

I felt so respected to be invited into another nation," Jolie said of Cambodia, "and to witness, and give testimony, empower, and share, and truly set forward their history."

Jolie started her vocation as an on-screen character, winning a best supporting on-screen character Oscar for her work in Girl, Interrupted and a best performing artist designation for Changeling before her initially highlight story fill in as a chief, In the Land of Blood and Honey. To begin with They Killed My Father denotes Jolie's first real acknowledgment for her directorial work.

The full Director Roundtable likewise includes Guillermo del Toro, Denis Villeneuve, Greta Gerwig, Joe Wright and Patty Jenkins, and pretense on SundanceTV, Sunday, Jan. 21. Tune in to THR.com/roundtables for more roundtables highlighting ability from the year's best movies.