Tom Hooper | dad
When I was growing up my mother would say, ‘Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him’.
When I was growing up my mother would say, ‘Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him’.
My dad said, ‘The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn’t be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old’. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn’t the same any more.
I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it’s shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it’s a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It’s truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.