I have been made an action star by my kids: Angelina Jolie

Los Angeles: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is not afraid of performing dangerous stunts on her own because she has been made an action hero by her kids.The 37-year-old star who raises sic children Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, Shiloh, 3 and 20-months-old twins Knox and Vivienne, with actor Brad Pitt admits she does not think twice about jumping off buildings or getting into car chases for work, Entertainment Weekly reported.

"The funny thing about having children is that now I am twice as motivated to do a cool stunt because my kids will like it," Jolie. In her upcoming film `Salt`, due to hit theatres in July she will be seen performing doing stunts as a CIA agent on the run. Incidentally, the film`s shooting began only eight months after Jolie gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne. "I had just had two babies, and the push to be physically strong was very welcome at the time," Jolie said. PTI