In Hollywood you play a mom and instantly you've got osteoporosis.
I played sports year around: basketball soccer softball and I ran track...
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end you can please some of the people some of the time but that's about all you can do.
