The actor also reflected on turning 60 and admitted he wished he had approached the previous decade of his life differently.
He said: “God, I want my fifties back? I would do more. Your fifties are just – man, anything that’s on your mind, go. Go attack it. Go attack it now.”
Pitt addressed artificial intelligence and its increasingly contentious role in filmmaking, arguing the technology could ultimately help Hollywood finance movies that currently struggle to reach production.
“There’s a lot of pushback against AI, but AI is going to be the very thing that, if used as a tool, is going to help these mid-budget films, $40 to $90million-budgeted films, get made,” the Hollywood icon noted.
Pitt, who described himself as a “congenital optimist”, also spoke about a difficult period involving “family stuff” following his lengthy divorce from Angelina Jolie, 51, with whom he shares six children.
Discussing that period, Pitt said: “This s— ain’t easy. And you’re talking to a guy who won the lottery.”
Asked whether the difficulties involved his children, Pitt replied simply: “Family stuff.”