Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Excerpt: Celebs' Moms Dish on Life Lessons


What makes person a ace? Some say having the loving support of a mom wHO helps nuture a dream.








In a series of interviews with the mothers of men and women who've reached the apex in their w. C. Fields, from sports and political science to entertaiment and business, Stephanie Hirsch sheds lite on the life lessons that make helped form some of America's most well-known citizens.


Hirsch spoke to the inspiring moms of Beyonce, Lance Armstrong, Uma Thurman, Justin Timberlake, Tim McGraw, Cindy Crawford, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Matt Lauer, Alicia Keys, Steven Spielberg and more.


Read the number one chapter of "Mother Nuture" below:


Leah Adler, mother of Steven Spielberg



"Never lose your inner child."


When Leah Adler�the mother of the Steven Spielberg, one and only of the most outstanding filmmakers in Hollywood�was asked whether she knew her son was going to be successful she aforementioned, "I never really opinion about it like that. I thought maybe he would get a job in a supermarket as a carryout boy." While most 15 year-olds were actually working as carryout boys, Steven had completed his first-class honours degree movie, Escape to Nowhere, and by the time he was sixteen his production of Firelight was shown at a local movie theatre. Years afterward, his production of Amblin' led to his becoming the youngest director ever to be signed to a long-run deal with a