(CNN) -- It seems that anytime Brad Pitt speaks, the
world stops to listen, and his latest interview with Esquire has been
no exception.
The 49-year-old star,
who'll next appear in June's "World War Z," covers the magazine's
June/July issue. As you've probably noticed, bits and pieces of the
profile have been floating around the Web all week.
Some of it isn't all that new: We've heard him talk previously about how he was stagnant 10 to 15 years ago
but made a conscious decision "not to squander my opportunities," as he
reiterated to Esquire in the interview. He also reminds us of how
super-content he is in his new life, raising six kids with fiancée
Angelina Jolie.
But there were a few
revelations including a potentially startling medical one. Here, we
recount the top five things we've learned so far from the interview:
1. Pitt won't recognize you
Pitt told Esquire that he
has such a hard time remembering the faces of those he meets, he thinks
he might suffer from prosopagnosia, or face blindness, though he has
not been tested or diagnosed with the disorder. We're not sure whether
the actor was being facetious or not, but he said even having a "real
conversation" doesn't help.
Brad Pitt's possible medical condition
Photos: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
"So many people hate me
because they think I'm disrespecting them," Pitt told the magazine. "I
took one year where I just said, This year, I'm just going to cop to it
and say to people, 'OK, where did we meet?' But it just got worse.
People were more offended. ...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. I am going to get it tested."
On Thursday, Carnegie
Mellon University invited Pitt to have his brain imaged and be examined
by Marlene Behrmann, a neuroscientist, professor of psychology and a
member of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition within the
university's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
"Carnegie Mellon is one
of the very few places that can both test for face blindness and perform
the brain imaging in our state-of-the-art imaging center," Behrmann said in a press release.
2. Pitt's daughter Zahara doesn't appreciate her parents' PDA
Pitt's relationship with
Jolie is one of constant speculation, but those hungry for intimate
details aren't often satisfied. This month, however, they have been,
thanks to Pitt's friend Frank Pollaro.
After getting permission from the actor to speak openly, Pollaro told Esquire
that he once walked into the Pitt-Jolie home just in time to hear the
couple's adopted daughter, Zahara, protesting her parents' apparently
frequent displays of affection.
"I walked in and Angie
was standing there and Zahara walked up and said, 'Daddy, you're not
going to start making out with Mommy again, are you?' And it's like
that," Pollaro said.
3. He tries to avoid on-screen sex scenes now that he's with Angelina
That wasn't the only
reveal Pollaro offered. The chatty friend said that Pitt tries to avoid
"sexy scenes with other women since he's met Angelina," whom he's been
with for years and became engaged to in April 2012.
"He's crazy about her, and she's the same way about him," Pollaro
continued. "No matter how hard he's working, if one of those kids runs
by the window he'll get out of his chair and give them a kiss. And I
don't think I've ever seen Angie without one of those children in her
arms."
4. He doesn't have a ton of friends
We've seen Pitt pal
around with the likes of George Clooney and we now know of Pollaro, but
it seems Pitt's buddy list might not extend far beyond that.
"I have a handful of
close friends and I have my family, and I haven't known life to be any
happier," the actor said. "I'm making things. I just haven't known life
to be any happier."
5. His home life sounds about as chaotic as you think it is
"I always thought that
if I wanted to do a family, I wanted to do it big," he says. "There's
constant chatter in our house, whether it's giggling or screaming or
crying or banging. I love it. I love it. I love it. I hate it when
they're gone. I hate it. Maybe it's nice to be in a hotel room for a day
-- 'Oh, nice, I can finally read a paper.' But then, by the next day, I
miss that cacophony, all that life."
Esquire's full interview with Pitt lands on newsstands May 31.