The ¡®Eat, Pray, Love¡¯ actress utilised to dream of spending her life helping animals, but fell into acting since all her family work inside enterprise.

Julia ¨C whose brother Eric Roberts and sister Lisa Roberts Gillan are actors and whose mothers and fathers, Betty Lou and Walter Roberts, were at one-time actors and playwrights - said: ¡°I wanted to be a vet. I love animals, but then I discovered how difficult science can be. My mother and father and siblings are all actors, so I grew up around it.¡±

Though she loves her career, the 42-year-old star admits she doesn¡¯t think acting can be a really challenging skill to master.

She explained: ¡°It¡¯s a great method to observe human behaviour and how men and women react to points. It is like grown-up pretend. My daughter does it all day, I just get paid for it.¡±

Along with showing an interest in animals, Julia is also passionate about the environment.

She told Stylist magazine: ¡°It¡¯s almost certainly my greatest concern, besides my babies. My husband and I spend most on the year away from Hollywood in California, where we support Heal The Bay, a non-profit organisation dedicated to keeping Southern California¡¯s coastal waters clean. I also drive a biodiesel vehicle and we compost every thing. It is a big commitment with three kids, but there¡¯s so very much valuable waste, you sort of have to.¡±