Why Angelina Jolie says her kids with Brad Pitt won't follow in their acting footsteps

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They have been accompanying their parents onto movie sets ever since they could walk, but Angelina Jolie says her kids with Brad Pitt won't be following in their acting footsteps.

Jolie, who shares six children with her estranged husband, was speaking at the premiere of her new film this week when she revealed why it's unlikely you will ever see them on the big screen.

"No, I think they're especially shy, very private people and they want to be private," Jolie told E! News at the premiere of Maria.

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Jolie and Pitt are parents to six children; Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16.

All are now believed to be estranged from Pitt as the fallout continues from the 2016 plane journey that resulted in their parents' separation and subsequent legal stoush, which is ongoing.

Most of the former couple's children have impressive resumes in the entertainment industry. Maddox was executive producer of his mother's 2017 film, First They Killed My Father, about the Cambodian genocide.

Pax was set photographer on that film and voiced the character of Yoo in Jolie's 2016 film Kung Fu Panda 3.

Maddox and Pax joined Jolie on the set of her latest film, in which she plays opera singer Maria Callas.

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She told The Hollywood Reporter in August, "Mad and Pax were on this one. Doing AD [assistant directing] work.

"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 [director] Pablo [Larraín], which was wonderful and recognised that he was good at it."

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's children through the years

Jolie opened up about her children throughout that interview and credited them with helping her shake off the intensity of a workday.

"I've been a parent for 23 years. The most beautiful thing about being a parent is that you are not the centre of your life," she said. "So you are leaving set, focused on something for someone. That's your real life. Your real world. And that always is the majority of who you are."

Jolie also talked about the fact her children were always welcome on her film sets.

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"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 said.

"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.

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"That's usually for the shower."

Jolie said her children were the reason why she had taken a long break from acting and directing.

"I needed to be home more with my kids," she said.

"[Now] they're a bit older, getting more independent. I'm less needed and so able to go away for different periods of time.

"And they're old enough to join me at work. It's a new season in our lives. I'm very excited for them to be coming into their own more and more every day."

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