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Brad Pitt on parenthood — the most lovely thing and the biggest pain the ass!

Actor Brad Pitt, 43, talks to this month’s issue of V Magazine about life with partner Angelina Jolie, 32, and their kids, which he "couldn’t imagine any other way." The couple have four children together: Maddox Chivan, 6, Pax Thien, 3 1/2, Zahara Marley, 2 1/2, and Shiloh Nouvel, 15 months.

The interview took place just after the Fourth of July — Brad discusses celebrating life everyday.

We missed [Fourth of July] here. But when you have four kids, every day is the Fourth of July.

Brad also says that becoming a father has been one of the most significant events in his life; it’s crazy but he wouldn’t change it under any circumstances.

Yeah. It’s hilarious. It’s the funniest, most lovely thing I’ve ever taken on. And the biggest pain in the ass as well. And I couldn’t go back. I couldn’t imagine it any other way.

The father of four also talks about the purpose of having Shiloh in Namibia, the constant spotlight, and their ability to control what they can.

It’s fourfold. For one, we know that’s going to happen so it becomes a plus. It’s all about cost and gain, pluses and minuses. Two, and most importantly, we loved the idea of our daughter being born on another continent, something she’ll be able to have roots in as well and want to explore as she gets older. That was the preeminent factor for us.

Three, we knew that they had very strong privacy laws there. And we knew there was going to be a huge bounty on our heads and we were going to get very little peace unless we went to a place like that. And four, it happened to be a place that we loved.

Brad’s new film, The Assassination of Jesse James, opens next month.

Source: V Magazine via Just Jared

Update: Brad Pitt talks to Details about family

Actor Brad Pitt, 43, appears in Details this month. The father of four — Maddox Chivan, 6, Pax Thien, 3 1/2, Zahara Marley, 2 1/2, and Shiloh Nouvel, 15 months — reveals that he ‘sees the future‘ in his children and that he and Angelina Jolie, 32, are ‘not done‘ adding to it. Expanding on the topic, Brad addresses the quick growth of his family, which some have criticized and others have applauded.

Well, I had one kid, then two kids, then three kids. Two-and-a-halfyears or so. Listen, I’ve always embraced extremes, so it doesn’t feelodd to me. There’s a couple weeks of finding your balance, and thenit’s in stone.

Brad also reflects on the nature of his family and how they came together.

You just look at them and go, my daughter’s from Ethiopia, two sonsfrom Asia, a daughter who’s born in Namibia-and they are brother andsister, They have the same dynamics I had growing up, and I…It pleasesme so much. I get so warm.

I don’t even see in that, anymore, whattheir lives could have been. I have to intellectually think about that.They are a bond, they are a family. And I want to see those bonds andthat family grow. And that right there, sitting in our kitchen, is howI want to see the world. It’s how I want the world to be.

Despite their happy home life, Brad admits that taking the children out in public can be a challenge because of the relentless paparazzi — but that the family will not be ‘caged in‘ because of them.

It’s not going to keep our kids caged in. The only thing that frightens me today is something happening to my kids, or something happening to Angie, or something happening to Angie and I. That happens when they follow you, right. It is the defining annoyance of my life.

I just think how strange it is for my kids. Mad, Z, Pax — they really believe that every time you go outside there is a herd of people with cameras snapping flashes in your face [who] are going to kind of block your way when you’re trying to get somewhere. That is their vision of the world outside. Very strange, isn’t it? It’s an everyday thing for them. They don’t really see it as bad or good. Z will point and go, ‘Cameras!’ Pax will point and say ‘People.’ Maddox is keen to where his parents are coming from.

I don’t want them to be tensing up, and I don’t want them to see or feel any kind of threat. But man, when [photographers] cross the line, you know-if it happened to one of your kids, it’s hard not to want to take them down.

Source: Details Magazine via OK!; People; Us

Brad Pitt says he and Angelina Jolie are ready for fifth child

Actor Brad Pitt, 43, and his partner, Angelina Jolie, 31, may have four kids but that doesn’t mean that they are not ready for number five. Brad was in Venice today promoting his new film, The Assassination of Jesse James, when he was asked whether were ready for number five.  Brad replied,

Yeah we’re ready.

The pair are currently raising sons Maddox Chivan, 6, and Pax Thien, 3 1/2, and daughters Zahara Marley,  2 1/2, and Shiloh Nouvel, 15 months. Having four small children isn’t easy, but Brad loves it. He said,

It’s the most fun I’ve ever had and also the biggest pain in the ass I’ve ever experienced. I love it and can’t recommend it any more highly — although sleep is nonexistent.

Source: Yahoo News

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