Angelina Jolie's acting career is to take a "back seat".
The 'Maleficent' actress wants to focus more of her time on writing and directing, as well as on her work with the United Nations (UN), for who she is a special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, so only plans to make "a few more" movies.
She said: "Acting is going to take more of a back seat. I've had a wonderful career and I'm very happy to have had all the opportunities to tell stories and work for as long as I have.
"I'm sure there'll be a few more films but I'm happy that I'm able to be selective and have fun with characters like Maleficent.
"But I would like to focus more on writing and directing and above all I would like to focus more on my work with the UN."
While Angelina enjoyed working on 'Maleficent', she found playing the titular character tough because of the transformation it required.
She explained in an interview with Britain's OK! magazine: "It was so much fun but hard at first. As an actress, I do film, not theatre, so I don't naturally have that voice. I had to embrace my silliness.
"I think it's a beautiful story and there's a lot of depth to it and we got a little crazy and had a lot of fun. I hope that resonates and people are entertained by it."

Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins hopes his new record touches people "emotionally".
The 42-year-old musician has worked with the band's frontman Dave Grohl, along with My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy and Chevy Metal bass player Wiley Hodgden on the fresh tracks, as part of a side-project, The Birds Of Satan.
Asked what he hopes people will get out of the new record, he told Metal Hammer magazine: "Just a good time. Hopefully it can touch them emotionally. If I listen to an early [Lynard] Skynryd record or a Van Halen record, it just makes me want to break things. You feel alive and excited. And I would feel so lucky if I heard even one person say that about one of my records. Hopefully it touches somebody. Good, bad, happy or sad, I'll take anything!"
The drummer insists he likes to do an album in between every Foo Fighters record because he likes to write his own songs and sing.
Discussing working with close friend Wiley, he said: "He's never been on a real record so this is a big deal for him. And Mick is a hell of a guitar player and he's become a good friend. It's just going back to the real reason for making music, which is just the joy of music."

Ashley Roberts wants to date a British guy.
The former Pussycat Dolls singer has settled down in London so is looking for love, and really likes the sense of humour of men in the UK.
She said: "I want to find a man I love. I've been bouncing around the globe a lot, so hopefully now I'm in one place it'll be easier.
"I like British guys. They take the p**s and I enjoy that because I feel like it brings everybody down to a humanistic level. You don't have a stick up your a**e the whole time."
Ashley adores living in London - though she is still nervous of using public transport.
She told Stylist magazine: "I'm originally from Phoenix, Arizona, but I've fallen in love with London.
"I've been living in the city for a year and a half and there's just a different electricity over here.
"I love the whole lifestyle of walking around - we don't do that in LA, we drive everywhere.
"I've only been on the tube once though. I don't know what I'm doing and I get scared I'm going to get off somewhere wrong."

Katie Price has reportedly made Kieran Hayler take a lie detector test.
The pregnant former glamour model had her estranged husband undergo a polygraph to discover the extent of his extramarital activities following the revelation he had a seven-month affair with her pal Jane Pountney.
A source said: "She called in private investigators to look into whether other stories about Kieran are going to come out and that's how he ended up taking a polygraph test. He failed, so she's telling him that she won't leave him if he tells her everything. She has been quizzing him non-stop."
The 35-year-old star - who has 10-month-old son Jett with her husband, as well as three other kids from previous relationships - previously vowed to divorce Kieran, but she could now be changing her mind.
Kieran has reportedly moved back into the couple's £2.5 million home after Katie banished him to a log cabin in the garden.
The source added to heat magazine: "He spent one night in the cabin, then was back in the spare room in the house the next day. Katie can't help it. She still loves him and she's six months pregnant with his baby. Plus she needs help with Jett."

Rita Ora sometimes feels alone in a long-distance relationship.
The 23-year-old singer has been dating DJ Calvin Harris - who has a residency in Las Vegas - for the past year and admits that it can be challenging being away from each another for long periods of time, but insists it can still work if you're both determined to keep it going.
She said: "Long-distance relationships aren't ideal. They're really hard and there are times when you feel as if you're on your own. I think if you really want to make it work, you will. It will just require a lot of patience and a lot of trust. It kind of sucks but sometimes you just have to take the situation for what it is."
Rita is "proud" of Calvin - who was recently listed as the second richest musician under 30 in the UK with an estimated fortune of £30 million - and admits she's never want to stop him from achieving his potential.
She added in an interview with Britain's HELLO! magazine: "I'm so proud of everything he's achieved. He's so successful in his own right and the last thing I want to do is interrupt that and ruin it."

Kerry Katona is determined to lose her baby weight.
The reality star is apparently "desperate" to shed her excess weight after giving birth to baby Dylan-Jorge just six weeks ago, so has adopted a no carb diet in order to reach her target weight.
A source told new! magazine: "She's going back to bootcamp but she doesn't plan a long stay. George [Kay, Kerry's fiancé] is training her in the gym at home too. She wants to be down to 9 stone for the wedding and the christening this summer.
"She's doing a no carb diet, so juices, fruit and yoghurt for breakfast, or scrambled eggs, then salad for lunch and meat and veg for dinner."
Kerry has been working her new routine around being a full-time mum to her children Molly, 12, Lilly-Sue, 11, Heidi, seven, and Max, six, who she raises with her George.
The bubbly blonde has enrolled at GI Jane bootcamp in a bid to get fit fast, but her fans have been supportive of her struggles.
Bashing the cyber bullies, one wrote last week: "She will tone herself up when she feels well enough!"

Harry Styles has realised he can't please everyone.
The One Direction star admits he has developed a thicker skin and no longer cares what most people think about him.
The 'Story of My Life' hitmaker said: "You have to think about people, but you have to look after yourself, too, otherwise you'd drive yourself crazy because you can't please everyone. It doesn't work. There needs to be a point where you step back and do something for yourself. I've decided not to let other people's opinions change what I think."
But the 20-year-old British singer still can't resist reading about himself and his band mates on the Internet.
He told the UK's Very magazine: "I Google [the band]. If there's been something in a paper, I'll Google it to look at the article online."
Meanwhile, the heartthrob was allegedly spotted getting hair extensions during a break from the group's series of sold-out concerts in Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, which will see them play to 250,000 fans in three days.
'Hard Out Here' hitmaker Lily Allen claimed she witnessed Harry having his famous locks enhanced at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow, Scotland today (24.05.14).
She wrote on Twitter: "Just saw Harry Styles having hair extensions put in #exclusive"

Scarlett Johansson is fed up of being "an object of desire."
The 29-year-old star, who is pregnant with her first child with her French journalist fiancé, Romain Dauriac, plans to embrace the aging process and claims she feels less pressure to look perfect as she gets older.
She said: "I don't want to be the ingénue any more. That part I'm happy about. It's nice to be glamorous, but I don't want to always have to be trendy and glamorous and an object of desire. I don't want to be stuck in that forever. Because it doesn't last."
But Scarlett also told The Weekend Australian magazine that she believes that Hollywood's leading men aren't subjected to as much criticism.
She said: "With [male actors] it just doesn't happen the same way. You can be every woman's fantasy and nobody thinks twice about the fact that you have eight kids or whatever."
The 'Avengers' star previously admitted she hopes that she'll be able to juggle motherhood and her career.
She said: "I want to be able to have it all. Selfishly."
Scarlett, who started her acting career as a child, recently claimed she wouldn't be able to cope with her celebrity status if she had been a teenager now.
She said: "I feel very fortunate that I was able to have a bit of a smoother transition into my young adulthood without having people videotaping me."

Beyoncé Knowles has wished Kim Kardashian and Kanye West "a lifetime of unconditional love" after skipping their wedding.
The 'Drunk in Love' hitmaker and her husband, Jay Z, were noticeably absent from the couple's nuptials at the Forte di Belvedere in Florence, Italy today (24.05.14), but took to Instagram in a bid to prove her thoughts were with the newlyweds.
The 32-year-old singer posted a picture of the couple and their 11-month-old daughter, North, from their recent Vogue spread, with the caption: "Wishing you a lifetime of unconditional love. God bless your beautiful family."
Kim's younger brother Rob Kardashian, 27, also missed the festivities, with insiders telling TMZ.com that he flew back to Los Angeles "in tears" following an argument with the bride on Friday (23.04.14).
Meanwhile, John Legend serenaded the happy couple at their reception at the 16-century fort, specially decorated with installations by contemporary American artist Vanessa Beecroft.
The duo looked besotted with one another as the Grammy Award-winning R&B star performed a cover of the Etta James classic 'At Last' for their first dance, according to PEOPLE.com.
Both Kim and Kanye wore custom-made creations by Givenchy, overseen by their good friend Riccardo Tisci, as did baby North, who walked down the aisle with help from her grandmother, Kris Jenner.
Armand de Brignac Champagne flowed freely at the white and gold-themed affair, where guests tucked into a menu of chicken, tortellini, salmon and steak, as well as a seven-foot wedding cake.

'Winter Sleep' has won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival.
The drama, which runs for more than three hours and tells the story of a family that run a hotel in the snowy Turkish mountains, fought off stiff competition from 17 other entries to win the top honour at the annual event's closing ceremony today (24.05.14).
Accepting the accolade from Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman, director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who previously won Cannes' second highest honour, The Grand Prix, twice, said: "I want to dedicate the prize to the young people in Turkey and those who lost their lives during the last year."
'Le Meraviglie' ('The Wonders') by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher won this year's Grand Prix award.
Julianne Moore was named Best Actress for her performance in David Cronenberg's dark Hollywood satire 'Maps to the Stars,' but was not present to collect her trophy.
British star Timothy Spall, 57, was thrilled to win Best Actor for his portrayal of the artist JMW Turner in 'Mr. Turner.'
He joked: "I've spent a lot of time being a bridesmaid. This is the first time I've ever been a bride."
Bennett Miller won the award for Best Director for his wrestling drama 'Foxcatcher,' and dedicated it to his stars Channing Tatum, Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo, while 'Leviathan,' a Russian film about corruption, was named Best Screenplay.
The jury prize was shared by the oldest and youngest directors at the festival, Jean-Luc Godard, 83, for 'Goodbye to Language' and Xavier Dolan, 23, for 'Mommy.'

James Corden and his wife Julia Carey are expecting their second child.
The couple, who got married at Somerset's Babington House in 2012 and already have three-year-old son Max together, confirmed the happy news via their spokesperson today (24.05.14).
A source close to the 35-year-old 'The Wrong Mans' star also told The Mirror newspaper: "James and Julia have loved every minute of becoming parents to their toddler Max and were keen to give him a brother or sister who is close in age. They're delighted to be pregnant again and can't wait to expand the family."
The couple, who were introduced by their close friend Dominic Cooper in 2009, got engaged on Christmas Day in 2010.
The actor previously admitted that becoming a father had given him a "sense of clarity" in his life.
He explained: "It's given me a great sense of clarity.
"You get into your house and shut the door and it's lovely to be greeted by this person who's become the most important thing. It's amazing."
It's been a good month for James, as he won the TV BAFTA for best comedy entertainment programme for his Sky One football series 'A League of Their Own' last weekend.

Kris Jenner is "bursting with happiness" after Kim Kardashian's wedding.
The Kardashian family matriarch was among the 200 guests on hand to watch her daughter, 33, marry Kanye West, during a "magical" sunset ceremony at the Forte di Belvedere in Florence, Italy today (24.05.14).
Speaking shortly afterwards the 58-year-old star said that she is "beyond bursting with happiness for Kim, Kanye and baby North."
She also told E! News: "Such a magical, romantic wedding! I feel blessed to have my new son and his family as part of ours."
Kim - who is believed to have worn a Givenchy white gown - was escorted down the aisle by her stepfather, Bruce Jenner, as well as her sisters, Kourtney, 35, Khloé, 29, and half-sisters, Kendall Jenner, 18, and Kylie Jenner, 16, who acted as bridesmaids.
The couple, who exchanged vows outdoors in front of a wall of flowers, were serenaded by acclaimed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli during the ceremony, who performed several of his biggest hits, including 'Con te Partiro.'
The couple's guests broke into applause twice during the ceremony, which was organised by celebrity party planner Sharon Sacks, and Kris was seen wiping away tears in the front row, according to PEOPLE.com.
After the "beaming" couple softly exchanged vows, off-white and gold escort cards, designed by Lehr and Black, directed guests to their seats for dinner along huge engraved marble table.