Angelina Jolieand her father, Jon Voight, have been candid about navigating ups and downs through the years.

Jolie is the daughter of Voight and late actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died in 2007 after a battle with ovarian and breast cancer. Six months after the pair welcomed Jolie, they called it quits. Jolie and her brother, James Haven, were primarily raised by their mother.

“My mom married at 21, and by the time she was 25 she was divorced with two little kids,” Jolie recalled to The Guardian in 2021. “She couldn’t be the artist she wanted to be, but she raised her children with art and creativity. Even if it was a birthday party, she found a way to put those talents to use.”

She added, “While I loved her softness, she loved my strength. She was very still, and I’m constantly in motion. I was very sexual, and she was much more of a lady. But she saw my true self and encouraged it fully, and she taught me to do that for my own children.”

Jolie — who shares six kids with ex-husband Brad Pitt — has since gone through periods of estrangement from her father.

Despite any father-daughter drama, Voight still remains a proud grandfather.

“The kids are great. They’re growing up. They’re doing very well. It’s just amazing to have kids and watch them grow,” he exclusively told Us Weekly in March 2019. “You realize the preciousness of time and how short our lives are really. Kids don’t know that. When they’re young, they think life is endless and they’re always anxious to get to the next age.”