Chris Lowell on fatherhood and performing
Chris Lowell is nothing however completely satisfied to be a father to a daughter.
The 40-year-old actor, who welcomed his first baby with spouse Kerry Bishé in 2021, not too long ago shared how turning into a father has influenced his strategy to performing.
As he wraps up his Broadway debut in Cult of Love—which concludes its run on February 2 at Second Stage Theater in New York Metropolis—Lowell mirrored on the sudden methods parenthood has formed his profession.
In an unique interview with PEOPLE, Lowell opened up in regards to the transformative expertise of being a father.
“They always tell you about how much you’re going to love this person more than you’ve ever loved anything before, so I was prepared for that,” he stated. “But I don’t think I was prepared to receive love the way that I do from my daughter.”
Recalling a second from “not too long ago,” How I Met Your Father star Lowell shared a private parenting expertise. One night time, when his daughter awakened needing consolation, he initially felt pissed off.
“I remember throwing the sheets up [and] being so pissed off [over] having to go down there to deal with her,” he admitted. Nonetheless, his feelings shifted fully as soon as he picked her up.
“All she wants is for me to hold her,” he stated. “Like, the idea that I can provide that for someone. There’s just nothing like it.”
Lowell additionally famous that fatherhood has been a present to his performing profession, permitting him to faucet into feelings extra freely.
“You think you’ve felt everything and then you have a kid and it just cracks you open,” he defined. “I think, for me, it makes accessing my emotions much easier.”
Whereas Lowell has had a profitable profession throughout tv and movie, stepping onto the Broadway stage for the primary time has been a very significant milestone.
“It is the mountaintop. Every actor, I think when you’re a kid, the go-to thing is that you’re going to be on Broadway someday and to actually be having that experience happening right now is overwhelming,” he stated.
With Cult of Love nearing its last performances, Lowell continues to embrace each fatherhood and his evolving profession with newfound inspiration.