Brad Pitt thinks Angelina Jolie was a good boss.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

The 'Maleficent' star worked alongside her husband on their latest film 'By The Sea' and insists he had no problems with her taking on a directorial role for the flick.

Comparing the recent film to their 2005 movie 'Mr and Mrs Smith,' she said: "The first film we had a lot of fun because of the subject matter. And this film it's very, very heavy ... it's not really fun, but the pleasure is breaking through something together and pushing each other and getting to the other end of it and learning something about each other. So, that was good, but it wasn't easy. But he was wonderful."

The 51-year-old actor echoed his wife's sentiments, admitting the scenes were tough but believes the pair worked well together.

He added: "It's not always a pleasurable place to be as far as the scenes are concerned. But we work so well together. We go home together and we get up and go to work together. It was a great experience, it really was."

And Brad insists there was no chance of the couple bringing their work home with them as they had children, Maddox, 14, Pax, 11, Zahara, 10, Shiloh, nine, and seven-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, to look after.

He told Access Hollywood: "Well, six kids pretty much defines that. They need you."