Matthew Broderick
"It's scary to be responsible for somebody."
by Mina Hochberg
April 29, 2008
What's your favorite thing to do as a family?
I like when we just don't have too much to do. I like to let the day unfold in its own way. That usually happens when we're on a trip, because at home there's a lot to do. It's very nice to waste a day with him.
Do you and Sarah balance projects so that the two of you aren't filming something at the same time?
That hasn't happened very much — not from any great effort, it just hasn't ever been a major problem. But that definitely is a factor. It'd be awful if one of us was working in one city and one in the other for months on end. So far we've avoided that.
Having a kid, does it change your acting at all? Not so much the types of roles but just kind of relearning spontaneity or the joy of playing?
Maybe a little bit. I think there are parts of life I'm more aware of now that I can draw on. But I'm also probably less prepared and have less sleep than I used to have.
Has your son seen Ferris Bueller?
I think he's seen some of it on TV. I don't think he's seen the whole thing. He's much too young for that. I don't think he'd understand.
"What does a little kid think of the moon? They think it's following them. They're so stupid."
Does he realize it's you in movies?
In Bee Movie [co-starring Jerry Seinfeld] he did. There were not quite enough explosions in that. One plane blew up and that helped. And he liked Jerry's bee more than mine, which really upset me. But it was okay.
Did he think they were real bees, or was he old enough to know better?
He knows they're not real, that bees don't really talk or any of that stuff. In some ways I think everything is so mysterious to a four-year-old that the movie's just an extension of how strange everything is. I see these special-effects movies with him sometimes and I think, "Well, everything looks like that to him." Like a plane must look like that to him. What does a little kid think of a car on the highway? Or the moon following you at night in a car? They think it's following them. They're so stupid. It's not following them. The moon is not following your car.
It isn't?
No. I don't think it is. I'm not a hundred percent sure.
Is there a dream role you're longing to do?
Well, Mighty Mouse I've already brought up.
Any desire to make Mighty Mouse happen for yourself?
I think in all honesty Mighty Mouse requires an opera singer of some kind. Didn't he sing opera? Yeah, I don't think I'm right. It's a dream.
©2008 Mina Hochberg and Nerve Media
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Mina Hochberg is a movie critic at amNewYork. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn. |
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