Brad Pitt wants a football team of kids

Actor says his children have made him more grounded

Thursday, 5 October 2006

Brad Pitt says he's such a fan of his new family he's desperate to expand it to the size of a football team.

The 42-year-old became a dad for the first time four months ago when his partner Angelina Jolie gave birth to their daughter Shiloh. The couple also have two adopted children, Maddox, five, and 14-month-old Zahara.

And Brad reckons it won't be long before he's got 11.

'I'm not joking around,' he told the Daily Mirror. 'I have three kids now and next year I'll have six. Nine. We're looking for a soccer team. I want to compete in the next World Cup.'

The actor is thriving on being a father and thinks it keeps him on his toes. 'It makes you more efficient because you do everything faster,' he says. 'There's no time for messing around.

'I still value the work I do but at the same time I value more getting home to the kids. It somehow makes my work mean more because I know somewhere down the road that my kids will see it.'