Jolie's numerous Tattoos of Angelina Jolie - Body Art have been the subject of much media attention and have often been addressed by interviewers. Jolie stated that, while Angelina Jolie is not opposed to film nudity,
the large number of Tattoos of Angelina Jolie - Body Art on her body have forced filmmakers to become more creative when planning nude or love scenes. Make-up has been used to cover up the Tattoos of Angelina Jolie - Body Art in many of her productions.
Jolie has thirteen known tattoos, among them the Tennessee Williams quote "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages", which Angelina Jolie got together with her mother, the Arabic language phrase "العزيمة" (strength of will), the Latin proverb "quod me nutrit me destruit" (what nourishes me destroys me),
and a Yantra prayer written in the ancient Khmer script for her son Maddox. Angelina Jolie also has six sets of geographical coordinates on her upper left arm indicating the birthplaces of her children. Over time she covered or lasered several of her Tattoos of Angelina Jolie - Body Art, including "Billy Bob", the name of her former husband Billy Bob Thornton, a Chinese character for death, and a window on her lower back; Angelina Jolie explained that Angelina Jolie removed the window, because, while Angelina Jolie used to spend all of her time looking out through windows wishing to be outside, Angelina Jolie now lives there all of the time.
