Angelina Jolie claims she didn’t want to fall for Brad Pitt after two failed marriages to actors.

Instead, the 'Tomb Raider' star was hoping to romance an aid worker, but fell for Pitt after failing to find an Average Joe.

"After my last divorce, I said I was absolutely going to marry somebody in another field, an aid worker or something," she told Vanity Fair magazine.

"Then I met Brad, everything I wasn't looking for, but the best man, the best father I could possibly wish for, you know?

"I don't see him as an actor. I see him very much as a dad, as somebody who loves travel and architecture more than being in movies."

But she says that the 'Assassination of Jesse James' actor only began doing humanitarian work after they met.

"Brad's passion for international affairs was actually one of the things that brought us together. Though he wasn't as publicly active, I found him to be very aware of the world, very curious, very compassionate.

"In his private way, he had been doing a lot. When we met, we realised our common goals were that we both wanted to be involved in the world and see what we could do.

"When it comes to common goals — orphans, orphans' rights, children — we support each other. It brings us together and makes our relationship work."

The couple, who met while filming 'Mr & Mrs Smith', established the Jolie Pitt Foundation in 2006.