Angelina Jolie is very careful with what she shows her six children.

When at the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards on Monday she told Extra’s Mona Kosar Abdi that her children saw her as a vulnerable woman when she filmed Maria.

But it turns out that is a very rare thing, added the 49-year-old Oscar-winning actress. 

‘I was so happy to be with them [on Maria], and definitely they saw me terrified, which is also a thing,’ she said.

‘You don’t usually share so much vulnerability in front of your children, even really crying in front of them or being scared in front of them, so they were very protective.’ 

Angelina Jolie is very careful with what she shows her six children. When at the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards on Monday she told Extra’s Mona Kosar Abdi that her children saw her as a vulnerable woman when she filmed Maria. But it turns out that is a very rare thing

‘I was so happy to be with them [on Maria], and definitely they saw me terrified, which is also a thing,’ she said. ‘You don’t usually share so much vulnerability in front of your children, even really crying in front of them or being scared in front of them, so they were very protective’; seen in September

 The Gia actress shares Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox with ex Brad Pitt, whom she has battling through a nasty divorce for eight years.

Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt on September 20, 2016.

In the past she has said when she felt pain over her Pitt split she cried only when she was alone in the shower. 

Angelina added in her Extra interview that playing Maria Callas allowed her to face her fears.

‘I was very scared to sing and I was nervous to do things, but I also have always found it, you know, as an artist, you love things that scare you because it’s a gift.’ 

She also said, ‘Ever since I was young, I think it’s a real gift to be an artist. 

‘We’re very lucky that we get to explore, within a safe place with other artists, our emotional life and our pain and what a lot of people feel alone, and they don’t have the chance to kind of express it, so I’ve always felt very lucky.’

Jolie also shared what she is most thankful for after Thanksgiving, saying, ‘Health of my family.’

Seen with her son Knox in November in Hollywood

Seen with her son Pax in September in NYC

Jolie with daughters Zahara and Shiloh at the Rome Film Festival 2021

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And her kids are proud of the hard work she put into Maria. 

She commented, ‘They did say they were proud of how hard I worked. You know, when they say, they don’t talk about winning an award, they don’t talk about anything, I’ll hear them say, “She works so hard.”

‘So I think that that makes me very happy that they see that I work hard and it’s just nice,’ added the By The Sea director.

Angelina previously revealed that she spent ‘months’ preparing to sing in Maria.

The salt actress said at the Telluride Film Festival: ‘I had seven months of opera classes, great teachers and Italian classes, and a supportive team that were going to help me.’

Angelina added in her Extra interview that playing Maria Callas allowed her to face her fears. ‘I was very scared to sing and I was nervous to do things, but I also have always found it, you know, as an artist, you love things that scare you because it’s a gift’

Maria hits select theaters on November 27 in the US and January 10 in the UK; it goes to Netflix on December 11

Despite this, Angelina still felt anxious about singing when the time came to do it.

She said: ‘I was so nervous that morning I was out of my mind.’

Angelina also revealed that she relished the experience of working with director Pablo Larrain.

She said: ‘I knew that as long as I gave my best, Pablo would be okay with it and somehow make it work. I knew I needed to do my best to try to help solve the puzzle, but I knew that he was a kind person and he was supportive and that helped.’