Kate Hudson

I was so happy about that when I was younger, to not have to walk in the room and be a Russell or a Han.

It was nice to not have that be something where people went, oh.

so that the pressure didn't feel as intense.

But you know when they do know that you have to be on your game.

You can't walk in and not know your lines, which is why I worked so disciplined in everything else that I did.

I just wanted to do a good job.

And when you grow up with parents like that,

There's so much modeling that they did that I take with me, right?

Like right now, I look at this Oscar nomination and I look at my mother and it's an absolute extension of my mother.

I think people who didn't grow up with a parent in the industry still feel like these moments are extensions of their parents and the gifts that they give.

But I have a mom that sees me, sees all of that differently.

She knows what it is.

She knows what it feels like.

She knows the work that goes into it, the time away from your kids that it takes.

She knows how deeply I miss my kids when I'm doing these things.

She knows all of it, right?

And she knows that I know that that's what she went through.

So there's this amazing connection that I get to have with my mom at this time.

She's 80.

I'm 46.