I find it very heartbreaking that my children want to paint a bad guy portrait of me. I feel it comes from their inability to let go of years of programmed anger from their mother, who understandably felt quite hurt when we divorced. In all truth, I tried to give him and their mother continuous love and support and large sums of money. God knows, for years I've tried to mend this relationship. Perhaps the trauma of their mother's passing has made it worse.

–Actor Jon Voight, responding to son James Haven's recent accusations of "mental abuse" and reaching out to estranged daughter Angelina Jolie [via Us]