Angelina Jolie says she's "so lucky" to be a mom

There is a certain level of acceptance by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt of the paparazzi swarm which accompany them wherever they go, and for the most part -- Angelina tells Parade in a new interview -- their four children seem to be equally accepting. While the family "makes it a point not to let it change anything," Angelina said that Maddox Chivan, 6 ½, Pax Thien, 4 ½, Zahara Marley, 3 ½, and Shiloh Nouvel, 2, are still sometimes negatively impacted by the constant media coverage. "It's hardest when the kids just want to go somewhere they can't," Angelina says, "I've had so many people offer to take them to Disneyland or other places we just can't go." Still, the 33-year-old soon-to-be mom of twins keeps it all in perspective, noting that "there are worse problems to face in your life."

The family has no plans to put an end to its globe-trotting ways anytime soon, with Angelina revealing that the kids "really seem to like traveling." When they're away from home, Angelina says that she and Brad "try to never have them with too many things" so that their children, in turn, get more out of their foreign surroundings.

We make a point of saying like, 'OK, in this place, we have video games. But we don't have video games in any of these other places.' I think especially with young kids you can make the differences of the world not uncomfortable and not weird but actually really exciting and really cool and fun.

While she said she hopes that Maddox and Pax will someday think she is "so cool" when they "finally see Wanted" -- her new action film in which she plays an assassin -- Angelina said it's her role as their mom that will always take top billing.

I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I'm happy.

Source: Parade; Photo by Dominique Charriau/WI/WireImage.com.