Frank Connor/Disney Angelina Jolie (left, as Maleficent) knows she doesn't have to deal with the same stresses most parents do.She can also offer her kids unique opportunities, as evidenced by 5-year-old daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt's role as young Au! rora in 'Maleficent.' When it comes to mom guilt, Angelina Jolie is no Chirlane McCray.
The Hollywood superstar — and supermom — was asked about the First Lady's infamous "mom guilt" as she promotes her motherhood-themed new movie, "Maleficent," but promptly distanced herself from the stresses most parents feel.
"I'm not a single mom with two jobs trying to get by every day," she told the Daily News when asked about McCray's comments this week. "I have much more support than most people, most women in this world. And I have the financial means to have a home and health care and food.
"My kids, they're here upstairs," she added, pointing toward the ceiling of the hotel conference room where she was grilled by reporters.
All six Jolie kids are home-schooled and travel everywhere with her and globetrotting fiance Brad Pitt, even to the set of "Maleficent," the Disney "Sleeping Beauty" remix opening May 30.
Chirlane McCray (left), wife of Mayor de Blasio (center right) has admitted she wasn't enthusiastic about motherhood whenn daughter Chiara (top right) was born. Her feelings changed over time and she had a second child, Dante (bottom right). 
Karwai Tang/WireImage Jolie appreciates that her position is unusual, with her finanicial means allowing her to tailor her life to her career. As a result, she and Brad Pitt can bring their kids with them wherever they go.
"When I feel I'm doing too much, I do less, if I can. And that's why I'm in a rare position where I don't have to do job after job. I can take time when my family needs it," she told The News.
Jolie's comments came as a reverse echo of McCray, who said that she struggles with guilt about juggling her career and the needs of her daughter, Chiara. She gave birth to Chiara when she was 40 and had a career to tend to.
McCray admitted she looked for "all kinds of reasons" to spend time apart from the baby.
"Will we feel guilt forever more?" she asked rhetorically. "Of course yes."
KCS Presse / Splash News The 'Maleficent' actress thinks women in her position shouldn't complain. 
Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News McCray has spoken of the guilt she felt for wanting to tend her career instead of just her family. 
Jolie says she and Pitt want their kids to do more with their lives than act.No such issues for Jolie, who said she was lucky that she was in a position to have her life bend to her career. Indeed, she's directing a movie, the WWII film "Unbroken," and can control her own schedule.
"I can say I can only get into the (editing) room after the kids are in school, and I have to be back for dinner, and they're coming for lunch," she said.
"I actually feel that women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn't complain. Consider all the people who really struggle and don't have the financial means, don't have the support, and many people are single raising children. That's hard."
She also said she and Pitt don't want their brood catching the acting bug too young.
Disney As the daughter of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, Jolie comes from an acting dynasty herself. 
Disney Jolie has been with actor Brad Pitt since 2005. The high profile pair have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, and three biological children, Shiloh, ! Knox, and Vivienne.
Their daughter Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt plays a young Aurora in "Maleficent," but Jolie said it's important to view the world through a wider lens than just Hollywood.
"Brad and I never wanted our kids to be actors," she told reporters Tuesday.
"When they get older, if they decide to be actors, I would just ask that that's not the center of their lives — that that (can be) an aspect, but they also do many other things with their lives and are involved in many other things with their lives, because I don't think it's a healthy focus as a center of your life."
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