Is there a particular memory that captures what your childhood was like?
I grew up in a house in Beverly Hills where there was always a lot going on. We were given these baby ducks for Easter, and they grew up into big ducks. We had this one duck, and it would leave our house and would fly into the different neighbors’ houses and land in their pool. It really bothered some of the neighbors who lived in Beverly Hills. My mom would get these calls … and would say to my dad, “RJ, Daffy the duck is in the neighbor’s pool—we have to get it back.” I feel like it’s a funny counterpoint because even though my parents were famous, they were very normal and real.
Tell us about the exhibit opening in May.
I was approached by the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, specifically Annabella (Pritchard), who is the curator, and she’s a big fan of my mom’s. She knew that my mom was a very big art collector as well as a big reader and a very thoughtful letter writer. She wondered if I would be interested in collaborating with them on this exhibit.
What made you say yes?
I think it’s a great idea because lots of people know that my mom was a great actress and a great beauty and died too young, but not everybody knows what a thoughtful human being she was. So the exhibit is going to be all of those things; the artwork she collected, books she read, letters she wrote. We’re going to have Super 8 footage from my childhood. It’s going to be very expansive.
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