Angelina Jolie has revealed exactly why her children don’t like the spotlight in a very rare admission.
The 49-year-old Academy award-winning actress is a proud mum to six children who she shares with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, 60; Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 29, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
Yesterday (21 November), Jolie opened up about her family life in an interview promoting her new movie, Maria.
The film is a musical drama about the famed opera singer, Maria Callas, who retreats to Paris in the 1970s after a glamorous yet tumultuous life in the public eye. It's set to hit cinemas in January.
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When asked if any of her six kids were thinking of following in her and Brad's acting footsteps, she revealed that 'none' of her kids 'want to be in front of the camera'.
Speaking on Good Morning America, the Hollywood A-lister explained motherhood was her 'happiness', adding: "You can take everything else away from me. Nothing else matters."
The Girl, Interrupted star added: "None of my children want to be in front of the camera at this time.
"They're quite private. Shiloh's extremely private. They weren't born with privacy, right? So I hope they can have that as they grow."
Angelina previously spoke to E! News about her children, noting they were 'especially shy' and 'very private people'.
She told the outlet. "They want to be private."
However, Jolie revealed that her children do have an interest in working on films, even if they don’t want to star in them.
Her two oldest children, Maddox and Pax, worked on Maria by assisting director Pablo Larrain.
"Mad and Pax were on this one doing AD [assistant directing] work," the Salt star told The Hollywood Reporter in August.
"They’ve done that quite a few times, and I think that’s good for them. Pax tends to do stills and he gets brought in, and Pablo was wonderful and recognised that he was good at it."
Having her sons on set with her meant 'a lot' to her, as the actor added: "I have never had a set where my family is not allowed to be there because I’m focusing—I’m not that person."
She continued: "You can climb all over me or visit. It really meant a lot that my boys were with me on Maria. When I would have really heavy times, they would come over and just give me a hug or a cup of tea.
"That was probably one of the more intense things was that—usually when I’m expressing that much pain, it’s not in front of my children.
"You really try to hide from your children how much pain and sadness you carry.
"And so for them to be with you when you’re expressing it at such a level, I think it was the first time they ever heard me cry like that. That’s usually for the shower."
Topics: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Celebrity, Parenting, Entertainment
Rhiannon Ingle