Kristen Bell did not initially want her daughters to become actresses

Kristen Bell

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Kristen Bell may have dozens of acting credits under her belt but that doesn’t mean she was initially enamored with the idea of ​​her children following in her footsteps.

the Veronica Mars alum recently spoke to the people magazine on opening night Refrigerator Madness: The Musical At The Whitley in Los Angeles, she talks about her two daughters — Lincoln, 11, and Delta, 8, who she shares with husband Dax Shepard — potentially working in the entertainment industry one day.

“You know it’s interesting, when I first thought about it, I thought, ‘Oh, I don’t want them to be actors.’ There’s a lot of rejection,” Bell explained.

However, it was Shepherd who encouraged her to keep an open mind. Then my husband said: Wait, do you like your life? Do you have fun? Are you superfluous? Can you be creative every day? I said: “Yes.” He said: Why don’t you want that for your children? Frozen The star recalls their conversation.

If this is the path her daughters choose in the future, Bell noted that she “will have to think longer and harder” about what advice she would give them before entering Hollywood.

The good place “I would just say: There’s a lot of rejection, but ignore it because if you’re doing what you love, something will find you,” the actress added.

Bell and Shepherd first met at a dinner party in 2007 and later married in 2013. They welcomed their first daughter in 2013 and their second child in 2014.