Julia Roberts' acting worries

Nov 18, 2007, 7:30 GMT

Julia Roberts - © SOLARPIX.COM Photorazzi

Julia Roberts doesn't want her children to become actors.

The 'Pretty Woman' star - who has who has two-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and a four-month-old son Henry with husband Danny Moder - would not stop her kids from following their dreams but doesn't want them to become child stars.

Julia, 40, said: "I think kids should be kids and childhood should be filled with, you know, that smell, when your kids come in and they small like dirt and sweat and sunshine? That's what I hope for my kids. I hope I don't have to make the decision as to whether they go into films at a young age."

However, if her children do want to act before they are adults, Julia plans to contact her 'Closer' co-star Natalie Portman's parents, because of the way they handled her ascent to childhood stardom.

Julia said: "If my kids did want to go into acting I would call Natalie Portman's mother. Natalie is such a good actress, but she seems like such a sensible person.

"I asked her about it one day when we were doing 'Closer' and she said she only worked with people that her parents trusted, and she only worked when it didn't impact her school.

"So there were definitely guidelines. No one does it that way, but they did it, so it can be done."

Natalie made her big screen debut at the age of just 13 in assassin movie 'Leon' alongside Jean Reno and Gary Oldman.

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