United Kingdom, April 4 -- Gabourey Sidibe is planning to lie to her children by telling them she's a teacher instead of a movie star.

The 'Precious' actress welcomed twins - Cooper and Maya - with her husband Brandon Frankel last year and she's now revealed she's planning to keep them away from the spotlight for as long as possible and she definitely doesn't want them to know their mother is famous.

Gabourey, 41, told PEOPLE: "There's a very strange thing where I'm a mom and I'm a mama bear, I'm protective of my kids, but because of what I do for a living, I kind of expose them to this bigger world that I hope that they never find out ...

" I really would like to hide ... the world from my children, and I will for as long as I can ......