Uma surprised by acting career

“When I was 16,they were like,’Mm,well enjoy yourself. You might not be an adult woman actor’. And then when you’re in your twenties,they’re like,’Enjoy yourself.

That late-twenties thing is not going to work’. And somehow I hung around,” said the actress.

The 39-year-old actress,who has two children,Maya Ray,11 and Levon Roan,eight from her marriage to actor Ethan Hawke,said that she was truly surprised when offers continued to pour in even after she became a mother.

“Becoming a mother definitely took the focus off my work. Then I had a few panics that I couldn’t get a job any more,and then I would get one,” she said adding that work is now the most important thing in her life.

“I love what I do. For my wellbeing,I need to be reminded that I have other purposes. In the old days,people pined for their husbands. In modern life,your work is like your man,your love,” she said.