Sandra Bullock was promoting her new movie The Heat when she spoke with Parade magazine about her main priority in life – her son Louis.
The actress says she experiences guilt when she’s away from him and working, saying she’s constantly doubting herself.
"Every single second of every single day … I don't know if I feel like a bad mom, but at the end of the day I'm always plagued with, did I do enough? Should I go in a different direction? But I also know that my entire life revolves around Louis,” she told Parade.
Bullock’s co-star, Melissa McCarthy, who she became extremely close with while shooting the film, feels the same way.
"It plagues me. I feel intensely guilty for working," McCarthy added. "You have to be able to provide for your kids. But I feel like it's a weird modern phenomenon that you always feel guilty for it."
USA Today notes McCarthy has two kids; Vivian, 6, and Georgette, 3.
The two became fast friends while shooting the film, and Bullock says of their friendship, “Having kids connected us on a deeper level. And the things we’re obsessed with outside of being a mom are the same, too: construction and house renovation…. We’re kindred spirits in that world. If we had a beer den, with Barcaloungers—but our version of that—it’d be great.”
Director Paul Feig even said, they’re “inseparable…normally after movies, those friendships go away. Theirs blossomed.”