Angelina Jolie doesn't think woman need to be tough to be considered strong

Angelina Jolie doesn't think woman need to be tough to be considered strong.

She tells, "I think that, so often, when a story's told which says 'this is a strong woman', she has to beat the man, or she has to be like the man, or she has to somehow not need the man".

"We both very much need and love and learn from the men.

"And so I think that's also an important message for young girls, to find their own power, but to respect and learn from the men around them."

Referring to Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, she tells, "We have strong women, but the character that is wrong in the film and has to be taken out is also a woman. We show very diverse types of women between our characters, but also we have extraordinary men in the film, and I really want to press that point."