Jolie wants family to stay small enough to raise 'really well'

Angelina Jolie is worried her family will get so big she won’t have “enough time” to raise her children “really well”.

Angelina Jolie is worried her family will get so big she won’t have “enough time” to raise her children “really well”.

The actress admits she and her partner Brad Pitt – who she raises six children with – are open to the idea of having more kids but both want to ensure that each member of the family has “special time”.

She said in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine: “We’re not opposed to it (having more children), but we want to make sure we can give everybody special time. They’re kids now, and can play together, but they’re going to need a lot more talking in the middle of the night, like I did with my mom for hours.

"We want to make sure we don’t build a family so big that we don’t have absolutely enough time to raise them each really well.”

Jolie also hasn’t ruled out getting married to Brad – who she has been dating since 2005 – but doesn’t think it’s crucial to make a relationship stable.

The 35-year-old star – who has three adopted children, Maddox, Zahara and Pax, and biological kids Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne -added: “I’m not against getting married, but it’s like we already are. Children are clearly a commitment, a bigger commitment [than marriage]. It’s for life.”

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