In performance, you don't always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.
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When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
Every time that you do a play or a show of any kind, really you have this family that you really build something with for a while, and then we all dissipate, but you always have that connection, that eternal kind of intimacy, you'll always have.
A family is very special. So when a family splits up, it's not good, it's never good.
I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on the work.
My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.
My family aren't performers. They're just normal people. They don't understand this entertainment world. They just think it's mental. They have no idea what I'm doing in America.
In one way or another, everybody has this experience in their lives... the moment when you have to define your relationship to family and how your family's made you who you are, whether you've spent your life running from your family or deeply connected to your family.
As wonderful as being on stage is, family comes first.
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