As fans await word on whether hes landed the role of James Bond, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is taking time to address the lingering discourse over his marriage to filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, who is 23 years his senior.

The couple met while working on the 2009 John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, when Aaron was 18 and Sam was 41. They welcomed their first daughter together, Wylda Rae, in 2010. They were married in 2012, the same year their second daughter, Romy Hero, was born.

In an interview with Rolling Stone U.K. , Aaron Taylor-Johnson discussed the public fascination with his 12-year marriage. What you gotta realize, he told the publication, is that what most people were doing in their 20s, I was doing when I was 13.

He added: Youre doing something too quickly for someone else? I dont understand that. What speed are you supposed to enjoy life at? Its bizarre to me.

Not surprisingly, the Kick-Ass and Nocturnal Animals actor has had to field questions about the age gap numerous times throughout his career.