Brad Pitt Opens Up About Marriage, Family Time And His Squabble With Co-Star Shia LaBeouf

Brad Pitt covers the new issue of British GQ, and the 50-year-old actor chats about how he puts his family before work these days, why he's not on Twitter and what he really thinks about Shia LaBeouf!

"I wouldn't say [marriage is] just a title," Pitt tells the magazine. "There's more to it than that." He wouldn't really elaborate more on his recent wedding to longtime love Angelina Jolie, but when asked about work, he said:

"I’ve been slowing down for a while now. And slowly transitioning to other things. And, truthfully, I do want to spend more time with my kids before they’re grown up and gone ... I'm actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. 'No' is the most powerful word in our business. You've got to protect yourself… To leave home, it's got to be worth leaving. It's got to be worth it."

So why isn't he on Twitter?

"Listen, I see a benefit in it. You could, you know, combat the misconceptions of the misquotes immediately. And if I'd have had that in my younger days, I'd have used it… because I felt quite used, and completely misunderstood, and misread, and not given the benefit of the doubt. You know, I felt that a lot in my first years. I would have brought some logic to the table, and brought it immediately. But now, at this point, I don't want to bother with it."

 

Brad also had a few things to say about his Fury co-star Shia LaBeouf, and much to our surprise, they were totally nice! On their disagreement on the set of the World War II drama, Brad said:

"We were driving down the road, I'm in the turret, Shia is at the other turret, and Scott is on the back, spitting juice. And I'm starting to get pissed off, I'm starting to get hot, because this is our home, he's disrespecting our home, you know? So I said, in the scene with the cameras rolling, 'You're going to clean that shit up.' Shia clocks it, and you have to understand, we've been through severe boot camp already, we've been through a lot in this tank. Shia saw it and felt the same - he's disrespecting our home. So Shia had the same reaction I did and started having some words… then I had to get in after the cameras were rolling and explain it to Scotty, you know… The funny thing is, when we got home at the end of the day and read the script, it said Scotty's character is 'chewing tobacco and spitting it on the back of the tank'. He was just doing as instructed in the script! So we were the knobs in the end…"

Brad added, "Oh, I love this boy. He's one of the best actors I've ever seen. He's full-on commitment, man. He's living it like no one else, let me tell you. I've been fortunate to work with a lot of great actors. He's one of the best I've seen." Interesting!

And speaking of famous fellows, Brad had a few things to say about pal George Clooney, who tied the knot over the weekend. We find it odd that Brad wasn't at his buddy's wedding, but it doesn't seem like there's a feud between the stars.

When asked about Clooney's recent remark that Pitt was "unreachable," the actor says, "Well, you know, George is extremely accessible. He's one of our best representatives. He's funny as sh*t. He's a joy to be around. I guess maybe I'm more of a miserable bastard. [laughs]. I'm a bit of a loner you know? I'm more quiet by nature. And coming from, you know, hillbilly country, I'm probably more reserved."