>> ROBERTS PLAY S THE BOY'S
MOTHER, AND ENROLLS HIM IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE HE HAS TO
FIND HIS WAY.
>> I DECIDED, IN PORTRAYING THE
CHARACTER, I CAN'T MICROMANAGE
HIS PATH ANY LONGER.
BECAUSE HE IS AN INCREDIBLE
HUMAN BEING AND HE NEEDS TO BE
PUT IN A POSITION WHERE PEOPLE
CAN SEE THAT AND WHERE THAT CAN
BE CHALLENGED.
>> ALTHOUGH WE HAVE KIDS WHO
ARE -- WHO DON'T HAVE ANY
CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO
IT, WE'VE ALL HAD TO SEND THEM
OUT THE DOOR ON A FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL, WHERE YOU KNEW THEY WERE
GOING TO FACE --
>> AWFUL.
>> GUT WRENCHING.
>> YEAH.
>> WE'VE ALL HAD THEM COME HOME
TELLING US SOMETHING SOMEONE
SAID TO THEM AT SCHOOL.
YOU WANT TO MARCH DOWN TO THAT
SCHOOL AND FIND THAT KID.
>> GIVE THEM A PINCH.
>> EXACTLY.
THERE IS A TIME HE COMES HOME TO
HIS MOM AND HE ASKS HER A
QUESTION BECAUSE HE'S HAD A
TOUGH TIME.
HE SAYS --
>> YOU'RE DETERMINED TO MAKE ME
TEAR UP.
>> NO.
BUT THIS WAS, AS A PARENT OF
THREE KIDS --
>> YEAH.
>> TAKE A DEEP BREATH HERE.
HE ASKS HIS MOM --
>> WHY AM I UGLY?
>> WHY DO I HAVE TO BE SO UGLY?
>> YOU ARE NOT UGLY.
>> YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE
YOU'RE MY MOM.
>> BECAUSE I'M YOUR MOM IT
DOESN'T COUNT?
>> YEAH.
>> BECAUSE I'M YOUR MOM IT
COUNTS THE MOST BECAUSE I KNOW
YOU THE MOST.
YOU ARE NOT UGLY.
AND ANYONE WHO CARES TO KNOW YOU
WILL SEE THAT.
I THINK IT'S THE TRUTH.
I THINK SHE TELLS HIM THE
ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE STORY
WORK.
IS EVERYBODY IS COMPLETELY
HONEST.
>> PORTRAYING A MOTHER CAME
NATURALLY TO ROBERTS.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE THREE
CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.
WHAT IS THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE
ANYONE GAVE YOU FOR RAISING
TEENAGERS?
>> IT IS POLARIZING ADVICE.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, FASTEN YOUR
SEAT BELTS.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, IT IS THE BEST
MOMENTS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE WATCHING THESE
HUMANS THAT YOU HAVE TRIED TO
GUIDE AND TEACH AND NURTURE FIND
THEIR BIGGER VOICE, OF THEIR
PLACE IN THE WORLD.
>> WHILE ROBERTS' FAMILY AND
CAREER ARE ON TRACK, THE MOVIE
INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DERAILED BY
RECENT REVELATIONS AND ADMISSION
ADMISSIONS ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE BY
SEVERAL POWERFUL MEN IN
HOLLYWOOD.
AS A STAPLE IN THE BUSINESS, I
ASKED JULIA TO WEIGH IN.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL SO UGLY IN
SO MANY WAYS.
>> I MENTIONED YOU'RE A HUGE
NAME IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT IT WASN'T
ALWAYS THE CASE.
YOU WERE A YOUNG, UP AND COMING
ACTRESS.
>> MM-HMM.
>> DID YOU HAVE THESE
EXPERIENCES?
>> I'VE NEVER HAD THIS
EXPERIENCE.
I MEAN, I ALMOST FEEL BAD SAYING
THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY I
WAS SPARED.
AND YOU HEAR SOME OF THESE
HEART-WRENCHING, AWFUL STORIES.
AND I HAVE A DAUGHTER.
IT IS HEARTBREAKING.
BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN PART OF MY
EXPERIENCE.
>> DO YOU THINK AS A
21-YEAR-OLD, THAT MYSTIC PIZZA
JULIA ROBERTS, YOU WOULD HAVE
KNOWN HOW TO DEAL WITH IT, BEING
PUT IN ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS?
>> IT IS FUNNY YOU SAY THAT.
PERHAPS I WAS SUBTLY APPROACHED
AND DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT FOR WHAT
IT WAS.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> WHAT'S THE MOST PLEASANT
SURPRISE THAT YOU FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE BUSINESS OVER THESE
LAST WHATEVER MANY YEARS?
>> THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE SO
CHALLENGING AND EXCITING.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN SO
OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, THAT MY
OPTIMISM THAT GUIDES MY LIFE HAS
BEEN WELL SERVED IN MY WORK.
>> SUCH A SMART PERSON.
SHE REALLY IS.
SPEAKS SO WELL.
THERE PROBABLY IS A PICTURE OF
OUR FIRST TIME MEETING WHEN SHE
WAS 21 BUT WE'RE HOPING IT IS
LOST FOREVER.
>> WE MUST FIND IT.
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