The actor thinks that he is suffering from face blindness. (Image: AP)
Highlights
- Brad Pitt finds it difficult to remember faces and believes he may be suffering from a condition called prosopagnosia or face blindness.
- The World War Z actor, 49, has landed him in trouble in the past because of his inability to remember faces.
- Brad Pitt says that even if he's had a "real conversation" with someone, he'll forget what the person looks like almost as soon as he or she walks away, the Us reported quoting Pitt's Esquire interview.
- "So many people hate me because they think I'm disrespecting them," Brad Pitt said.
- In an attempt to remedy the situation, Pitt tried asking people to tell him where they'd met before. But that actually made things worse.
- "People were more offended. Every now and then, someone will give me context, and I'll say, 'Thank you for helping me.' But I piss more people off. You get this thing, like, 'You're being egotistical. You're being conceited.' But it's a mystery to me, man. I can't grasp a face, and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view."
- The actor -- who has six children with fiancee Angelina Jolie -- says he plans to get tested for prosopagnosia. But in the meantime, he's trying to minimise the number of people he offends by not going out as much.
- "That's why I stay at home," he says.
- The actor spends that time by hanging out with his six children.
Brad Pitt finds it difficult toremember faces and believes he may be suffering from acondition called prosopagnosia or face blindness.
The
World War Z actor, 49, has landed him in trouble inthe past because of his inability to remember faces.
Brad Pitt says that even if he's had a "real conversation" withsomeone, he'll forget what the person looks like almost assoon as he or she walks away, the Us reported quoting Pitt'sEsquire interview.
"So many people hate me because they think I'mdisrespecting them," Brad Pitt said.
In an attempt to remedy the situation, Pitt tried askingpeople to tell him where they'd met before. But that actuallymade things worse.
"People were more offended. Every now and then, someonewill give me context, and I'll say, 'Thank you for helpingme.' But I piss more people off. You get this thing, like,'You're being egotistical. You're being conceited.' But it's amystery to me, man. I can't grasp a face, and yet I come fromsuch a design/aesthetic point of view."
The actor -- who has six children with fiancee AngelinaJolie -- says he plans to get tested for prosopagnosia. But inthe meantime, he's trying to minimise the number of people heoffends by not going out as much.
"That's why I stay at home," he says.
The actor spends that time by hanging out with his sixchildren.