Sandra Bullock’s son seems to know what’s best for her career.
The 57-year-old actress appeared on Monday night’sepisodeofJimmy Kimmel Livewhere she opened up about her 11-year-old son Louis and his spot-on career advice. Bullock explained that years ago, she passed on an “unfortunate” movie after her son convinced her that she should not take the role.
Bullock added, “I saw it when it came out and I went, ‘Ooo, that’s unfortunate.’ He was like 6 when he asked me not to do it and I said okay.”
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Despite the good advice, theOcean’s 8star revealed that Louis doesn’t even watch the movies she does star in.
“I’m not his cup of tea,” she joked on the show, noting that he’d rather watch Spider-Man or Japanese anime. “He’s 11 and he has really good taste.”
Bullock announced in 2010 that sheadopted Louiswhen he was 3½ months old. “He’s just perfect, I can’t even describe him any other way,” Bullock told PEOPLE at the time. “It’s like he’s always been a part of our lives.”
“I’m just the mom,” she stated on Friday of how her kids view her. “When I’m gone, I’m missed, when I’m there, I’m annoying, and that’s exactly the way it should be.”
When asked if her kids think she’s cool, theSpeedstar immediately answered, “No, not at all. Not unless I bring home some kind of treat. Last night I came home with donuts. I was so incredibly cool at that moment!”
“I love who they are,” theBlind Sideactress continued. “Every day I get to see who they are. I am one of the lucky individuals that gets to be around my children all the time and see who they get to grow up and be.”
“And who they’re growing up to be, I couldn’t be more proud of,” she added.
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Bullock recently reflected on how preparing for her new filmThe Unforgivablehelped her become a better parent to her kids.
In the upcomingNetflixfilm, Bullock plays an incarcerated woman trying to re-enter society, and in researching the movie, she met with real-life women behind bars.
“One of my tattoos was in honor of one of the women that I got to interview that helped me with insight to my daughter. She, too, went through the foster care system and there was something that was similar and she says, ‘Oh, my God, that happened to me. That’s who I was,’ " BullocktoldExtralast week.
source: people.com
