International icon Madonna has accredited her free-thinking creativity to her two ex-husbands, Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie, in a new interview. 

The star was recently at Venice Film Festival to promote her latest project, which is a British royal period drama style movie named 'W.E.', and talked openly about her sources of inspiration:

"I am and was attracted to very creative people which is why I married Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie, two very talented directors. They both encouraged me as a director and as a creative person to do what I did, and they were both very supportive."

Watch Madonna talk about her personal connection with the exciting project here: