Angelina Jolie says she isn’t good at being a stay-at-home mom

Angelina Jolie had a different idea of what motherhood would be like.

The 45-year-old actress — who shares six children between the ages of 12 and 19 with ex-husband Brad Pitt — opened up about parenting during the pandemic in a recent interview with British Vogue’s global creativity issue.

“Well, I was never very good at sitting still. Even though I wanted to have many children and be a mom, I always imagined it kind of like Jane Goodall, traveling in the middle of the jungle somewhere,” she said in the March issue, which hits newsstands on Feb. 5, adding “I didn’t imagine it in that true, traditional sense.”

She continued, “I feel like I’m lacking in all the skills to be a traditional stay-at-home mom.”

But she believes she’s able to take care of her kids because they’re good at taking care of themselves.

“I’m managing through it because the children are quite resilient, and they’re helping me, but I’m not good at it at all,” she said.

And the humanitarian loves that she can rely on them.

“Well, I love them. I feel like we’re such a team,” she said. “It may sound clichéd, but you love and you try, and even if you burn the eggs, that doesn’t matter in the end. But also, you’ve met our kids. They’re pretty capable.”

Jolie and Pitt, who split up in September 2016, share Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, and 12-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.

The “Maleficent” star, who lives in Cecil B. DeMille’s former estate, explained why she chose that home.

“I wanted it to be close to their dad, who is only five minutes away,” she said.

Plus, Jolie has found comfort in the history and layout of the property.

“I felt a little pressure moving in. Like I had snuck into where DeMille and [Charlie] Chaplin would hang out,” she said. “I love most that there is no entertainment room, but lots of pathways and places to walk and think. I feel very fortunate we have that at this time.”