The premiere was your usual fare but at the aforementioned press conference, Angelina got a bit weepy when she started talking about her late mother:

At a Changeling press conference Monday in London, Angelina Jolie got teary eyed talking about her late mother Marcheline Bertrand, who died of cancer in 2007. After being asked what it meant to film a movie about a strong mother so soon after Bertrand’s death, Jolie cursed and her eyes filled with tears. “She was really sweet and was never angry – she couldn’t swear to save her life,” she said. “But when it came to her kids, she was really fierce and so this is very much her, her story. She was the woman I related to, who had that elegance and strength through just knowing what was right,” she continued. Jolie – who also confirmed Monday that she will replace Tom Cruise in Edwin A. Salt – also opened up her recent comments that she wants to “fade away” from acting. “I’m not making some retirement announcement,” she said. “I have a big family and a lot of responsibility at home, and I have the good fortune to financially not have to work all the time. I just feel privileged that I get to be home a lot,” she said. “Maybe eventually I’ll stop [acting].” After a reporter asked, “Can we expect more children soon?” Jolie replied, “Sure, you can!” She added that she spent the past year “with the kids. Most of it has been spent in my pajamas coloring.”

Aww … that’s cute :) After the jump, check out a 2-minute video of an emotional Angelina talking about her mom at this Changeling press conference …

Having landed in New York earlier in the week, Angelina Jolie arrived with Brad PItt and walked the red carpet at the New York Film Festival for Saturday night’s premiere of her movie Changeling, a 1920’s thriller directed by Clint Eastwood. Asked if she felt nervous to be back in the spotlight, Jolie told PEOPLE, “Not nervous as much as I just took a deep breath because it¹s been so long. It felt a little strange.” The Manhattan visit marks the first time since the birth of their twins, Vivienne and Knox, that Jolie and Pitt have been in the city with their children. “Everybody’s great,” she told PEOPLE. “The babies are getting big and healthy and developing personalities.” As for being in the city that never sleeps, Jolie, 33, said, “We are a little bit [sleep deprived]. We have some help a couple of nights a week, so on those nights we catch up on our sleep.” Still, as ever, she looked ravishing – decked out in an Atelier Versace dress, Sergio Rossi shoes and Mikimoto pearl earrings and ring – after a day of taking her three eldest kids (Zahara, Maddox and Pax Thien) to Lee’s Art Store midtown, while Brad went downtown to see photographer Jerry Spagnoli at his studio. “I run around with all the other kids, and I’m breastfeeding, which I think is a part of your body’s recovery,” Jolie said. “I feel great [and] feel very happy that they’re healthy.”

You gotta love that no matter her commitments, no matter how bizzy her schedule is, Angelina (and Brad, actually) makes sure to carve out time to spend with her children doing stuff that is fun for them. After the jump, check out a few pics of Ange and the kiddies making their way out of Lee’s Art Store early yesterday afternoon …

Yeah, little Zahara looks like she ain’t havin’ any of it but she’s a doll nonetheless. I think you can tell that the kids are starting to get tired of the intense glare of the media spotlight … and it’s pretty much only just begun. I’m amazed at how big the Brangelina kids have gotten … it won’t be long before they’re going out all on their own. It really is great having the Brangelina brood back in the US … I’ve missed them.

[Photo credit: Bauer-Griffin, Splash News; Source]