Angelina Jolie had a surprising answer for a reporter who asked if she feels 'nervous' about her son Maddox flying a plane. The 49-year-old critically acclaimed actress answered, 'No,' in her recent W magazine interview when prompted about her 23-year-old child.
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Inside the glossy's Volume 1, Best Performances issue, she explained, 'Maybe I just have a big family. 'I worry more that people aren't finding themselves and something they love. I think that's more dangerous — to walk so tentatively through life that you don't take a risk. You don't wake up with passion. I think that's scarier.'.
![[In addition to Maddox, the Maria actress is mom to Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16; pictured in 2019]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/02/93746859-14250961-In_addition_to_Maddox_the_Maria_actress_is_mom_to_Pax_21_Zahara_-a-2_1736044432180.jpg)
She elaborated, 'I'd rather they be out there trying and failing than not pushing and being passionate.'. In December she confirmed that Maddox had become a trained pilot during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Angelina Jolie had a surprising answer for a reporter who asked if she feels 'nervous' about her son Maddox flying a plane.
![[Jolie shares her brood of six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt, with whom she recently finalized an eight-year-long divorce; pictured in 2007]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/02/93746909-14250961-Jolie_shares_her_brood_of_six_children_with_ex_husband_Brad_Pitt-a-3_1736044432302.jpg)
The 49-year-old critically acclaimed actress answered, 'No,' in her recent W magazine interview when prompted about her 23-year-old child piloting an aircraft; pictured in 2023. Angelina also has a pilot's license, which she obtained in 2004 after being inspired by her son.
'Every time Mad sees a plane, he's amazed,' she previously shared with People magazine. 'If I could actually fly a plane by the time he's 4, I'll be like Superman to him.'. She later bought a Cirrus SR22-G2, a single-engine plane, and used the initials MX in her tail number as a nod to her child.
