Spanish actress Penelope Cruz wants to fulfil her childhood dream – by adopting a huge brood of children.

The Sahara star has always been desperate for a big family, but admits she is enjoying her jet-setting career too much to consider becoming a mum just yet.

The 33-year-old beauty says, “I’d love to have kids. Maybe I’ll adopt about 20 children – that’s been my dream since I was a little girl. “I love children, but at the moment I’m happy with my career. If one day I have a baby I’m not going to be able to work like I do now. “I can be in London one day, Miami the next, New York after that, then back to L.A. I travel more than some pilots!” But Cruz insists she won’t be giving up her career completely when she does choose to have kids: “I’d still want to work when I have children, but not as much as I do now.”

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UPDATE: More pictures!

Too bad I don’t have pictures of him…dayum he’s hot.

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Penelope Cruz arriving at LAX airport carrying a Chanel bag in L.A., yesterday.

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Penélope Cruz and her younger sister Mónica embrace their masculine side in their latest collection for Spanish clothes chain Mango.

The Volver actress, 33, and her dancer sibling, 30, don oversized men’s shirts and fedora hats in the ads for the Spring/Summer collection.

The Cruz sisters have designed a 38-piece collection for Mango’s new season, following the success of their first collaboration last summer.