Angelina Jolie is pretty confident that none of her kids will star in a movie, but it’s not because they lack artistic talent. Though she has kids who enjoying dancing, painting, and even acting in theater productions, they’re not interested in being celebrities. During a recent panel, the actress explained that her daughter Shiloh, in particular, prefers to stay out of the spotlight.
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The mom of six said she’s never discouraged her kids from acting.
Angelina is mom to Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. She shares her children with ex-husband Brad Pitt. During a panel at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Angelina explained that she never tried to keep her kids away from the movie business. Even with exposure through their parents, however, they remained uninterested.
“That’s not my doing,” she said at the panel, according to the Daily Mail. “I always wanted them to be around film because I wanted them to know as a part of — it’s such a wonderful family, to be creative, to be an artist.” Alas, “they’re not interested,” she added.
Shiloh really ‘hates’ celebrity life.
Though none of Angelina’s kids want to pursue a career in film, Shiloh is definitely not interested. Angelina explained that her kids “really don’t like any of the celebrity part of it, especially Shiloh hates it.” Adding that her daughter is “extremely private,” Angelina said that her kids’ aversion to celebrity life actually seems quite “healthy.”
After all, fame is “not a normal thing.”
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On several occasions, Angelina’s kids have supported her behind the scenes.
Angelina previously told E! News that her kids are “especially shy, very private people, and they want to be private.” In spite of this, her son Knox attended the 2024 Governors Awards as her plus-one. At the time, an insider told Page Six that Knox simply wanted to support his mom.
“He typically prefers to stay out of the spotlight and Angelina respects that decision, but he asked if he could join her, and of course she was thrilled that he wanted to be there,” the source said.
Maddox and Pax helped out behind the scenes as their mom filmed ‘Maria.’
Her sons were “doing [assistant directing] work” for the film. She previously told The Hollywood Reporter that “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,” she added.
Angelina also strives to give her kids ‘space.’
In doing so, she hopes that they “figure out who they actually are and something that they want to live for that’s authentic to them so it holds in their life,” she said during the panel.
Though none of her kids want to be on screen, they still have their own passions that they’re exploring. “Some of them dance, some of them paint, some of them love theater, but none of them are dying to be on screen,” she explained.
