She is famed for her ever expanding brood of children with her A-list husband Brad Pitt. But big-hearted Angelina Jolie has revealed she believes she will never live up to the standards set by her own mother Marcheline Bertrand.
The Oscar-winning actress revealed her admiration for her parent – who died at the age of 56 in 2007 following an eight-year battle with ovarian cancer – and choked back tears as she told how talking about her is her ‘soft spot’.
Talking about her parent’s self-sacrificing nature on 60 Minutes, she said: ‘My mother was a full-time mother.
‘She didn’t have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences. Everything was for her children.
‘I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate. She was the most generous, loving – she’s better than me’
Marcheline was married to Angelina’s father Jon Voight from 1971 to 1980, and despite studying under famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg, she concentrated on her family rather than her career.
And the Tomb Raider star has learned from her mother’s example, as she arranges her schedule carefully alongside her husband so only one of them is ever working.
Angelina added her favourite time is when she is at home with the children, and said the reason other mothers wish they could be making movies like her is ‘because it’s easier.’