Angelina cries for Mother on TV

Angelina Jolie started to weep during an interview aired on US TV Wednesday morning, when she was asked about the death of her mother earlier this year.

Angelina's mum Marcheline Bertrand passed away in January this year after suffering a long battle with cancer.

In the interview screened on the Today program, the "Tomb Raider" actress said:

"I'm in a strange, I suppose, place in my life. I think that happens when you lose a parent, where you drop into a different kind of serious. And yet, at the same time, you want to laugh and enjoy as much as possible every day.

"I'm hanging on to my family really tight at this moment, and, because of that, trying to be as good a woman as I can be in my life."

Tears then began to roll down Jolie's face, which lead her to say: "Dammit, you got me crying."

Jolie's interviewer, Ann Curry apologized and Jolie continued:

"It's alright. It's a part of life... I lost my mom. It's a natural thing for a child to lose a parent. I lost my mom too young, but it happened. And I'm happy she's out of pain, because I love her and she's my friend."