Thursday, October 10, 2019
























"We probably all have this idea – I know I did before I had kids – that to be a perfect mother, you have to be a perfect person and that's just not true. You have to do your best and be willing to put your child before you." Angelina revealed that Maleficient "loves being a mom," and confirmed that that actress does, too.
"We all have something inside of us that maybe we feel is misunderstood or if we let it out completely and be completely who we are it might not be accepted. But then I think what are we doing on this earth if we can't figure out what that is that makes us uniquely us, to be it and then to find those who accept us for it."
Talking about how to cope when others are critical, Angelina said: "I hope everybody pushes back, there's so much judgement these days. Be more and more yourself and shut it down." As to her experience working on the film, Angelina said it was "a dream," gushing about her co-stars Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer.
She said that Elle, who also starred alongside her in the 2014 original, was: "Just as kind and as grateful as ever, she's grown into such an extraordinary young woman," and called Michelle Pfeiffer, "Brilliant and funny and wonderful."






ET spoke with the 44-year-old actress at Wednesday's premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil in London, where she stunned in a custom Ralph & Russo gown and was joined by four of her children, 14-year-old Zahara, 13-year-old Shiloh and 11-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
Though Maddox was not able to attend the event -- he's at college in South Korea -- Jolie still made sure to praise her 18-year-old son. "I'm so happy for him that [Maddox has] grown up into such a good man," she gushed. "I say that 'cause he's smart and he's doing his work but he's also wild. He's balanced in his teenage years."
Jolie also revealed, "He got tattooed."
The Oscar-winning actress has had her kids by her side for most of the Maleficent 2 red carpets, with Maddox even joining her at the Tokyo, Japan, premiere. Jolie told ET that she wouldn't have it any other way.
"It would be quite lonely if I was doing it all by myself," she confessed. "It's never fun to focus on yourself anyway. When you're all taking care of each other and you're making a game out of it and being silly, it's nice for me as a mom. It's moments."
Jolie continued, "I'm also watching my kids grow up and watching my daughter put on a beautiful dress and figure out the right heels and all that mom stuff. It just means a lot."