Security guards usually help Brad Pitt have some breathing space from the ever-present paparazzi but Monday night was all around breathless for the actor. He just called it “another day in the life” to People magazine.

Brad Pitt attended yet another interesting screening of one of his movies. In Los Angeles to promote his upcoming film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Pitt appeared to receive some extra attention from unexpected quarters: a bodyguard. The star and the guard were photographed standing very close to each other, with the security guard holding tight onto Pitt, ostensibly protecting him from over-zealous paparazzi.

The actor explained in a statement that it had not been out of the ordinary for him. He described the paparazzi present at the event at the Bruin Theater in Westwood as “exceptionally more aggressive than usual,” going as far as breaking through a security barrier and into a private holding area but said it “ultimately was just another day in the life.”

Being mobbed by paparazzi yelling out your name, blinding you with their flashlights and doing their best to come as close as possible and touch you must be habitual for Brad Pitt.

He and his family – partner Angelina Jolie and six children, including three-month-old twins – hardly can make a move without the constant company of some hardworking shutterbugs or of passionate fans. Just two eloquent examples:

Last year while attending the Venice Film Festival, where he received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” one female fan leapt out in front of him on the red carpet and hanged on for dear life.

Earlier this year, when Pitt and Jolie had retreated with their newborn twins and the rest of the brood at the Chateau Miraval in France, paparazzi wearing camouflage gear broke onto the private estate and were arrested. Pitt’s lawyers had previously threatened to take to court anyone who published recently – and surreptitiously - taken photographs of the actor’s family.