SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said after a visit to Sarajevo Saturday she would soon start work on a love story set during the 1992-95 Bosnian War.

Jolie said in a statement issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), for whom she is a Goodwill Ambassador, that shooting for the movie would begin in autumn on the tale of a couple who meet on the eve of the war and the effect it has on their relationship.

“The film is a love story, not a political statement,” the statement said.

Jolie arrived Friday for a surprise visit to Sarajevo and Saturday met members of Bosnia’s inter-ethnic presidency to discuss ways to help thousands of returning war refugees.

Jolie visited returnees in eastern Bosnia in April with her partner Brad Pitt and promised then to come back.

She also said the movie’s cast would be comprised of actors from the various ethnicities of the former Yugoslavia.

“I would like to involve as many local people as possible and learn as much as I can,” Jolie said.

(Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

TOKYO – Julia Roberts isn’t planning isn’t planning a spiritual journey of her own after making the film based on the hit travel memoir “Eat Pray Love.”

Roberts, a happily married mother of three, said she read and enjoyed Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-seller long before the proposed movie script came across her desk and she jumped at the role. But she added she isn’t looking to make any big alterations in her own life.

“No, no changes,” Roberts said Wednesday in Tokyo, where she is promoting the movie’s release. “I’m good.”

Roberts is a practicing Hindu and said she was interested in the faith before she came across the book and did not covert because of it. The 42-year-old Georgia native was raised Catholic.

Beyond those comments, she said she would keep her beliefs to herself.

“I’ve realized something my mother told me 22 years ago,” she said. “You’re an actor, act. Don’t talk about politics or religion.”

One departure for Roberts does lie ahead.

The Oscar winner has done little TV work, but she is now a producer of a documentary series called “Extraordinary Moms” to debut in January on Oprah Winfrey’s new cable network.

Her next big-screen project is “Larry Crowne,” with Tom Hanks set for release next year.

On her longevity as a sought-after actress, she said her inspiration has never waned.

“Loving what you do is the secret to everything,” she said. “I really do love the creative part of making movies.”