Brad Pitt refused to play ball on The Oprah Winfrey Show when a caller rang in asking him about his tattoos.

The Burn After Reading star squirmed in his chair when the fan quizzed Brad about his rumoured body art.

The caller said, "I'm very interested in knowing the meaning of especially the iceman and the new one that you have of the Daniel Pearl quote."

Brad responded coyly, "If you have a partner it's a great thing to do together, and it becomes personal and special in its own right and I'd rather just leave it at that."

But the caller was persistent:  "I just wanna know what was the idea behind it...I know you've got one on your tummy, don't make me go there!"

Her badgering was sadly unsuccessful and Brad politely but firmly cut the call short with a curt, "Thank you for the question, I'm sorry I can't help you out anymore than that."

See Brangelina's body art below