Samuel Kai Schreiber

Samuel Kai Schreiber is the second son born to Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts. Their have another son, Alexander Pete Schreiber.

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Liev Schreiber:We have learned the art of raising a family while tending to acting careers

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Liev Schreiber doesn’t get much slsleep these days. As the father of two boys—Alexander (Sasha), who turns two in July, and six-month-old Samuel—he and his girlfriend, Naomi Watts, have learned the art of raising a family while tending to acting careers.
How is it, being a father?
Probably the biggest change has been less sleep. There’s also been a significant amount of play, which wasn’t really a part of our lives before because of work. And now you’re sort of forced to take the time to play, which has been a real blessing and a lot more fun.
We imagine there have been a few surprises so far.
There are two things. One is how natural it is, and the other is how difficult it is. I had no idea that it would be so easy, but it’s just something... you take for granted that you have the ability to do. I think it came naturally to me.
Was there a moment when it hit you?
The minute that they show up and you hear that first scream, it’s a pretty profound feeling. You know that you’re in for it—you’re in for the best thing that ever happened to you and the hardest work you’ll ever do. There’s just no questioning what you’ll do for your child. You’re not sure of that until your child is born and looking you in the eye and needing something, and then it just sort of happens. If you had asked me five years ago would I be willing to uproot my life and my sleeping schedule for a very small human being, I probably would say you’re out of your mind. But then it happened and you realize, of course, how could I do anything else?
Living with a fellow actor, do the two of you plan who works when?
LS: We do. We try to share the workload with the kids. I also think that Naomi feels the same way, that we kind of embrace what we do. And it affords us the really great opportunity to travel and do some great things that I don’t know that we would otherwise get to do. Sasha just got his first swim in the ocean in Sydney, which I know meant a lot to Naomi. I was working on Wolverine.
What are some great times you have had with your sons.
I think probably one of my most vivid memories of time spent in the Hamptons would have to be Sasha’s insatiable appetite for sand. I remember the first time we took him to the beach in Amagansett, he couldn’t get enough of the stuff. And just being able to have those quiet walks early in the morning—particularly off-season, when you’re on the beach early and nobody else is there. Sasha’s on the ground, running around the beach with his dog, having the time of his life. Pretty good stuff. There’s something really timeless about the ocean and the consciousness expanding. You have that perspective of nature.
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