Angelina Jolie Gets Candid About Motherhood: ‘I’m Not a Perfect Parent’


Angelina Jolie is getting candid about motherhood.

In an exclusive interview with People, the Oscar-winning actor went into detail about being a mom to her six kids: Maddox, 20, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and 13-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. 

“They’re pretty great people,” Jolie said. “And because there’s so many of them, I think they’ve had a very significant effect on each other. It’s not like I’m the head of anything. I’m very honest with my kids. And I’m very human with my kids.”

“I have six very individual human beings in my home,” Jolie said. “I am so excited about all the different stages and feelings and curiosities that they go through. Why wouldn’t you be? We’re supposed to help them figure out who they are. And you can’t figure out who they are if you don’t enthusiastically develop with them.”

Jolie also admitted that as a parent, she can be hard on herself. “I’m not a perfect parent by any means,” she said. “Every day I feel like I’m more aware of everything I don’t do right. And I’m pretty tough on myself because I feel often, ‘Am I doing the right thing? Did I say the right thing?’”

This isn’t the first time Jolie has gotten real about being a mom and her relationship with her children. In April 2021 she talked to Entertainment Weekly about taking a step back from directing films to spend more time at home. “I love directing, but I had a change in my family situation that’s not made it possible for me to direct for a few years,” she said while promoting her firefighter thriller, Those Who Wish Me Dead. “I needed to just do shorter jobs and be home more, so I kind of went back to doing a few acting jobs. That’s really the truth of it.”



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