Angelina Jolie has touched on her list of do's and don'ts for a potential partner and life at home with her children, five years after her split from ex husband Brad Pitt.
During a recent interview with E! News' Daily Pop ahead of the release of her new film Those Who Wish Me Dead, the actor jokily told an interviewer that she 'probably [has] a very long list [of deal-breakers]' when it comes to potential significant others.
The Oscar winner also discussed how she prioritised her children following her divorce, noting that she felt 'very fortunate' for her 'six very capable children' (Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12), but has 'been alone for a long time now'.
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'Of course, you wake up and you just feel like, "I gotta make sure they're okay",' she said of her children, adding: 'I gotta make sure they're mentally okay, but honestly, I think a few years ago it switched and they’re thinking, "We've got to make sure mum’s OK".
Jolie said her children don't just 'take care' of her, rather they all work as a very close family unit.
'We're such a team so I am very, very lucky,' she said. 'I'm always the one who worries but I don't worry about them but - they're cool people.'
In a interview with Vogue India last year, Jolie shared details about her split from Pitt, who she married in 2014.
'I separated for the wellbeing of my family. It was the right decision,' the actor told the publication. 'I continue to focus on their healing. Some have taken advantage of my silence, and the children see lies about themselves in the media, but I remind them that they know their own truth and their own minds. In fact, they are six very brave, very strong young people.'
Prior to the Oscar winner, Jolie was married to actor Johnny Lee Miller from 1996 to 1999 and actor Billy Bob Thornton from 2000 to 2003.
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