Angelina Jolie has said she can’t wait to settle down at the family’s new home in New Orleans because they’ve been living out of suitcases for months.

After a brief stay in Los Angeles over the summer, the family first moved to India for Angelina to film A Mighty Heart then first to the Caribbean, then to New Orleans itself for Brad’s film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - and they squeezed in a Christmas trip to Central America too.

Angelina told OK magazine recently: “Having three kids running around in hotel rooms, or from one rented house to the next, is not easy.”

“Somebody saw our messy luggage the other day, and I had to explain that we’ve been living out of the same four suitcases for four months!”

She added that the family are forced to use luxury hotels on their travels in order to avoid the paparazzi but also for the sake of the children: “I always try to be careful to avoid dangerous situations.”

“Sadly, we have to stay in five-star hotels when we have paparazzi following us. We did stay in a one-room shack in the middle of the Cambodian jungle because nobody else was there. But when you have kids, especially a six-month-old baby, you need clean water and salad for them.”