Angelina Jolie has said she ignores the rumours that her relationship with Brad Pitt is in trouble and says they both want to keep expanding their family.

She told Gala magazine recently: “These rumours don’t affect you if you don’t pay attention to them. Brad is the first man to understand me and give the impression we are a team. Honesty and trust are fundamental. He shares my point of view.”

“Brad knows I want more children and it is his own desire to be at the head of a big family. He loves spending time with Mad, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh. I can always count on him to look after the children.”

“I’d never live with a man who considers the education of his children as a burden. It is not an issue. One of us spontaneously offers aid to the other.”

“He is certainly the best father one could wish for. When I see the connection between Brad and Mad I’m close to tears, and, believe me, I don’t often cry.”

“Making sure that our children lead a normal life is always our principal aim. Even the drive to school can be complicated.”

“We have staff, but we prefer to take on these types of jobs rather then leaving them to nannies.”

The family, currently based in New York, frequently travel around as necessitated by Angelina or Brad’s filming commitments but she insists the children enjoy it: “Our tribe likes the idea of being in perpetual movement. Mad and Pax adore discovering new places. Sometimes Mad is impatient to know where we are going to be in a week’s time. It is something which makes me roar with laughter.”