Angelina Jolie is set to take a year-long break from acting.

The Tomb Raider star wants to spend quality time with her family - husband Brad Pitt, and children Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh - away from the pressures of work.

She says, "I'm working this summer. I'm in Prague for a few months, then I take two months off, then I work for two months. And then I take a year off."

Despite Jolie's claims, she has recently signed to star in two films The Changeling and Atlas Shrugged, which are scheduled to release next year.