Jason Isaacs has opened up about how his children reacted to his first-ever Emmy nomination. The actor received the nomination for his performance in season 3 of The White Lotus.
During his conversation with People Magazine, Jason, who shares two daughters with his wife Emma Hewitt, revealed that his daughters were “not even mildly” impressed by his nomination.
He said, “I’m [currently] shooting in Dublin, and I went to Montreal for a couple of days to put my daughter’s shelves up and put pictures up and blinds and take her shopping and get furniture for [her] apartment. That’s all she cares about — and that’s all she should care about with your parents.”
He added, “They’re not remotely impressed by what I do for a living.”
Jason continued, “I don’t mean that it’s not incredibly flattering and lovely.” The actor noted, “I just know that I’ve been doing this job for a very, very long time, and very rarely do you get this kind of attention.”
Praising the creator of The White Lotus, Jason said, “Mike White creates these three-dimensional, surprising human beings that behave in the kind of jagged and particular ways they do, and asks of all the actors to go to places they don’t normally go.”
Jason Isaacs said, “I felt like I won an award just getting the part and getting to do it and getting to stretch all those muscles and have all those challenges.”
