HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Angelina Jolie says it takes much more than just six kids running around the house to have a successful relationship with Brad Pitt.
"The children certainly tie us together, but a relationship won't hold if it's only about the kids," the 35-year-old actress tells Parade magazine. "You also must be really interested in each other and have a really, really wonderful, exciting time together. We do. Brad and I love being together. We enjoy it. We need it, and we always find that special time. We stay connected. We talk about it. It's very important."
That perfect mix has created an ideal situation for everyone involved.
"If Brad and I are strong and happy, then our kids have happy parents, and that's the best thing we can give them," explains Jolie, whose new spy-thriller film, Salt, opens next week. "Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am, every part of me. He loves me. The kids love me. They know all my flaws and all my oddities. And they accept them. And so I can feel complete."
With two busy careers, one might think the couple would have trouble keeping their family together, but Jolie says that's never a problem.
"He takes the kids to school; he visits me on set with the kids. I'm home for dinner, or I'm there for breakfast. We're together all the time. We plan. Brad and I take time off between films to travel, have big experiences, do things together. That's how we work it out," she says.
Jolie and Pitt remain so committed to their family that one might not be able to recognize them away from the red carpet.
"There's never a period when Brad and I are pulled apart. We are not separated for more than three days, ever. We stay really connected," Jolie says. "We actually don't go out much. It's funny. We're very homebound. We're very much Mommy and Daddy in our pajamas."
After five years together, Jolie and Pitt remain closer than ever.
"I feel sad for someone who has never known love. Love elevates," Jolie says. "You know, Brad would joke about me having this conversation about love. Love? It's such a funny word. Brad can find certain phrases of poetry for it. I'm terrible at it. But I know it means wanting the best for the people you love, putting their interests above your own, always. Love does that. Love is what you live for."
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