Ava DuVernay doesn't think she would "be a good mother".
The 52-year-old filmmaker- who is the oldest of her five siblings - has never wanted to have children and has ignored any attempts the people close to her have made to suggest she'd change her mind one day.
The 'Origin' director said on Audible's 'The Unusual Suspects with Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell' interview series: "I don't feel like I would be a good mother for a child. I don't want to do that and I think in the most ideal scenario, you should want to do that. I just don't want to ...
"I am the oldest of five.
"I've had a lot of small children in my life for a long time, so I never felt like I wanted to have kids.
"My family, my mom, would always say, for a little while before she realised I was serious, 'You'll change your mind.'"
Ava has been in relationships in the past, but the 'Selma' filmmaker has no interest in getting married because her work means she wouldn't be a "traditional" wife and thinks it unlikely she'd find a husband who would be willing to "stand by" while she jetted off around the world.
She added: "Me being gone so often and me being on top of a mountain in New Zealand shooting with a helicopter — these are not traditional things for a woman.
"If you're looking for a husband to stand by while you're off doing these things, I think you're going to have a harder time, but if you're not looking for a husband, companionship, partner . . ."
The 'A Wrinkle in Time' director previously told InStyle in 2022 that her choice to not have children and to not be married has allowed the "workaholic" to enjoy her job later on in life.
She said: “There’s that line people say, ‘No new friends.’
“But there can be. I can’t mature in my work if I don’t open my life a bit more.
"I didn’t have kids by choice, and I’m not married by choice. I was able to embrace my career later in life, in my 30s.
“So I’m going to do what feels good to me, and I’m going to have fun."
