Josh Hartnett tries to spend "as much time with [his] family as possible"

The film star - who has four children with his wife, actress Tamsin Egerton - told Us Weekly: "I'm balancing like crazy. I've got a lot of time at home. I've shot one film in the last 18 months.

"[My wife and I] had a baby. I wanted to be at home with the baby for as long as I could, so I spent 13 months at home after he was born. Then I went and shot 'Verity' and now I'm gonna go shoot something else this summer. But I am definitely taking as much time with my family as possible."

On the other hand, Josh is always fully committed to his film projects.

The 'Fight or Flight' star said: "At the same time, when I go away, I wanna make it worth it. And I've been very, very lucky to be working with great people and [be] making films that people are seeing. So it feels like I'm doing a lot more than I am maybe."

Earlier this month, Josh revealed that his children mock him for "being an American".

The movie star lives in the UK with his family and Josh admitted his brood never miss a chance to poke fun at him for being "a foreigner".

He said on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon': "My kids love to give me crap about being an American because I'm the only American in our house. I'm a foreigner in my own home.

"My middle one does a really good impersonation of me, [and] will just kind of turn to me and be like, 'I'm Daddy, and I like pizza and I won't mow the lawn.' As American as it gets."

Josh's children take pleasure in explaining to him the meaning of English words and phrases.

He added: "My littlest daughter keeps telling me what it's like to be English.

"She keeps saying to me, 'You might not understand this Daddy, but in England we say boot instead of trunk of a car.' And I'm like, 'I've lived here for longer than you. I made you.'"