Filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson is acknowledging the intense scrutiny that she and husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson face over their age difference.

There are times where its uncomfortable, she told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday.

Most of the time we zone it out and stay pretty private, she added. We tend to retreat. Kids and school runs keep you pretty grounded.

The acclaimed Hollywood director is 57, while Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who is reportedly being considered as the next James Bond , is 33.

The two met while working on her directorial debut a 2009 John Lennon biopic called Nowhere Boy when the actor was in his late teens and she was in her early 40s.

The two welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Wylda Rae, in 2010. The couple had a second daughter, Romy Hero, shortly before they tied the knot in 2012.