Source: InStyle.com
Date: May 2004
By: Monica Corcoran

They're the ones who saw the star quality before anyone else did, whether their kids were hamming it up at a talent show or around the dinner table.  Now seven celebrities say thanks to the women who took them from playtime to primetime.

Bradley Whitford and Genevieve Smith Whitford

Photo by Jim Wright

Brad on Genevieve: "My fondest childhood memory is when I would be sick and we would play cards and watch The Real McCoys and have lunch, and she would enjoy having a sick day as much as I did. The other fond memory I have is - we're both night owls - everybody in the house would be asleep, and I would come down and we'd sit in the kitchen and we'd talk for a long time. The greatest piece of advice she gave me was to try music and arts. It's behind every girl I ever asked out, and certainly why I'm an actor. She was always completely honest with me about religion and what was going on in the world. She didn't treat me like a child."

Genevieve on Brad:  "He was a ham. As a 3-year-old, sitting around the dining room table with the family, he wouldn't just tell us what he had seen on television, he'd act it out. He's the last child (of five), and he's been a joy. And I think we're kindred spirits in that we agree on things like religion, politics and everything. We have the same reaction to plays we've seen. So it's a very positive connection, a really wonderful thing in my life."

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