I drove me nuts as a kid it really it
didn't it it still does a little bit so
how was it in school when you bring home
friends from school and you're like
Meryl Streep is your mother what was
that whole thing like I mean it's hard
for everyone else to imagine I think
what that must feel like I grew up
gratefully in Connecticut so it wasn't
it's not like I was I grew up in in
Hollywood so the industry didn't kind of
loom large over everything so all of my
friends were very very down-to-earth
like getting kids who didn't didn't care
I had a pretty and a pretty normal
upbringing do you remember when you
realized that my mother is famous what
that whole thing meant hmm you know when
you go out for dinner or whatever and
people are looking and they're like oh
how there's yeah yeah this I drove me
nuts
as a kid it really it didn't it it still
does a little bit I get really
protective of her that was always my
role was to kind of like be the
bodyguard and I can see that because
everyone wants a piece of her and like
she's my mom yeah yeah leave her alone
she just wants to eat so I get all kids
at some point you're getting embarrassed
by your parents mm-hmm especially when
you're a teenager yeah did you ever get
embarrassed by her parents yeah yeah god
knows what she's in there saying right
now do you have any children no okay
well they don't really take a listen
doesn't matter what advice comes and
it's like wind going through the hair
yeah when they're bragging about you or
something yeah every yeah that's like if
she died when she goes on talk shows or
something and she talks about me or tell
some story and you know that's like
annoying but um it's it's it's normal I
think parent-child stuff except
it's not just like in front of a few
friends it's like in front of the entire
country that's true you you grew up with
of course with Meryl as your mother did
you go to the sets did you grow up on
them do you feel that you kind of grew
up on a sense it that way
no not not really at all I when I was
very young when we were kind of small
enough that you could kind of put us in
the overhead compartments and airplanes
when we could kind of be carted around
we we traveled a fair amount with her
but then when I started in school it was
very important to my parents that we
kind of stay in one place as much as we
could as much as they were able so she
would she would um it she would take
jobs remotely and we would go to visit
or she would come home on whenever she
could and then and then at a certain
point and she started choosing films
based on their location and their
proximity to to us cuz she didn't to
like being away did she do did she give
you any really good advice on how to
jacket yeah she did she gave me really
resonated with me when she said to to
defend who you're you're playing just
like to defend them as if like their
life was in your hands so I guess that
sort of means it says to not judge them
and instead to understand that there's
like a great imperative to understand
why they do what they do and say what
they say did she give you an advice on
the whole industry and how to like you
know doing things like this yeah you
know being being famous in general it's
it's kind of a challenging job just
doing that yeah it's it's weird it's a
weird one you know to kind of keep your
head on straight and to to try and be as
present and candid and honest and yet
not bare too much because
especially now with the internet and
everything area it's hard to just you
know I think just sort of radiate out
but no she didn't say anything
specifically it's just I think how we
were we were raised to not put a big
premium on Fame at all or so like really
seek it out
growing up with a parent that's really
famous is probably kind of challenging
sometimes dude did how did you prepare
your kids and how did you explain to
that what what mommy was doing you know
it's weird because we really made an
attempt to move them out of the public
eye I never had them photographed as
children and really was very adamant
that they not be seen as my adorable
props and tried to keep them out and as
a result they all wanted to be in show
business
I mean I swear to god I was singing I
will live near an ecological Center and
they'll become you know environmental
scientists doesn't happen no the apple
doesn't fall far
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