Maya Rudolph Explains Why Having Famous Parents Didn't Boost Her Comedy Career: 'I Had to Get There Myself'
In the interview with Shepard, 49, the actress admits that having famous parents was not as much of an advantage as some may think.She added, “I understand that drive to be somewhere else — forage in a new city and create my own path. But that’s a huge undertaking. I wasn’t like, ‘Oh my dad writes songs, that’s gonna make me a comedian.' There was no direct line. I knew I had to get there myself.
“It's interesting because my mom was a singer that not all my friends were that aware of at the time,” she said.“Everybody that knows who I am now knows that's my mom. But growing up, I didn't feel like she was a household name. I felt like she was special, yeah,” she added as Shepard agreed.“She was also insanely young when she died,” Shepard said.