My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want.
It's very hard when your child doesn't want to talk to you and you want to talk to them, and you want to touch them, you want to hold them.
When my son first started to take the subway, my husband and I used to follow him to make sure he was all right, and then we had to stop following him and let him do it by himself.
I don't want the kids to go through want I went through.
I don't want my grandchildren to go through what I went through.
These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.
It's not an easy course. It's not designed to be. We're not here to get you in touch with your inner child.
I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with them. The good news is they all have parents. The younger ones, their parents by law have to be on set.
I have 5 teenage daughters, and I learned the hard way - it's difficult to talk to any person under the age of 25 without the presence of a cell phone.
You have to step up when your number is called.