Actor Uma Thurman put her career on hold when she decided to become a mother. But she was briefly concerned that her hiatus might have been detrimental for her profession.
Uma Thurman once shared becoming a mother took her focus off of acting Uma Thurman | Rocco Spaziani/Getty Images
Thurman was ready to make a few sacrifices in her career if it meant spending time with her children. The actor went on a long hiatus during the late 90s after having her first born.
She took up small projects here and there, but avoided work that might cost her too much time with her family. This meant that Thurman sacrificed potentially career-changing projects like Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings.
Thurman knew that her break from acting might have meant a few ramifications for her career. But she felt that being close to her kids was more than worth the trade-off.
Uma Thurman once shared becoming a mother took her focus off of acting Uma Thurman | Rocco Spaziani/Getty Images
Thurman was ready to make a few sacrifices in her career if it meant spending time with her children. The actor went on a long hiatus during the late 90s after having her first born.
She took up small projects here and there, but avoided work that might cost her too much time with her family. This meant that Thurman sacrificed potentially career-changing projects like Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings.
Thurman knew that her break from acting might have meant a few ramifications for her career. But she felt that being close to her kids was more than worth the trade-off.
- 8/5/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Director David O. Russell is so grateful to Uma Thurman's father Robert Thurman for inspiring his latest movie I Heart Huckabees, he based the central character on him. The Kill Bill star's dad taught Russell ancient texts at college, and was such a profound influence on the young film-maker, Russell used Dustin Hoffman's detective character to pay homage to him. He tells British magazine Empire, "I was taught by Robert Thurman. He's one of the most brilliant scholars in the world, completely unpretentious but an expert in Sanskrit and all these ancient texts. The detective played by Dustin Hoffman is actually based on him."...
- 11/8/2004
- WENN
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