(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Angelina Jolie has joked insomnia is a bonus when you lead a lifestyle as hectic as hers.

The talented Hollywood actress is known for her involvement in numerous charitable causes, as well as juggling a successful movie career and caring for her and partner Brad Pitts children; nine-year-old Maddox, Pax, seven; Zahara, six; Shiloh, four, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

While many women would struggle to cope with such a busy schedule, Angelina thinks her inability to sleep for very long helps her out.

I really don't get much sleep, but I fortunately don't need much. Insomnia has become a bonus, she laughed.

Angelina manages to spend time with her children despite working hard, as she often invites her family to visit her on set. When she was shooting The Tourist alongside Johnny Depp in Venice earlier this year she invited her family along, and they got up to some real adventures.

We'd sneak out and go through the cobblestone streets, get in the boat and go to the park and play soccer or go to museums. And then to great restaurants in the middle of the night, she fondly recalled. As a family, we always stay together, so Brad was with me and the kids in Venice and they went to school and had an Italian teacher.

The actress also discussed her public persona, which she thinks isnt correct. Angelina believes co-star Johnny got to see the real her during the making of The Tourist, as he witnessed her being a loving mother.

Sometimes people think of me as being darker, but Johnny has seen me with my kids, he's seen me on set giggling, she added in an interview with British newspaper The Independent.

The star also made reference to her mother Marcheline Bertrand who died four years ago after suffering from cancer. I think maybe a bit of my mom has rubbed off on me and hopefully I'm a little softer and more female than I'm assumed to be, added the star. (C) Cover Media