The funny, lovable movie star shares what it’s like to travel with family.

I ’m always traveling , and for many unlike aim . Ifly soloif I ’m going for business or something related . Then Jonathan and I will travel by ourselves . I also go on trips with my kids . locomote with my fellowship is great .

When I ’m traveling , I wish being in cities . I love going to New York — we went recently , and it was really fun , because we receive to see two shows in the metropolis . My boyfriend and I sawFunny Girl , which was wild . Then we took the kidskin to their first Broadway show , Harry Potter at the Lyric Theatre . That was something extra — they sat through the integral matter and really enjoyed it .

What ’s funny is I commemorate going to see a Broadway show when I was four , and I talk the intact fourth dimension . I talked so much that my mom had to take me out of there . I was the opposite of my tiddler — I never paid tending to things .

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But when my girl was three , she sat through the whole “ Nutcracker . ” It was jolly impressive , because it ’s concert dance . I was thinking , “ We ’re cash in one’s chips to make it to intermission , maybe ? ” But sure as shooting enough , if there ’s a good story , they ’re in it for the long draw .

When it comes totraveling with phratry , being in closemouthed proximity to things that will harbour kids is important .

Recently I run toDisney World . I love Epcot — it’sa place for grownups . But my kids loved Magic Kingdom , because they love all the fairytale kind of rides . There ’s a new ride there , Guardians of the Galaxy , that ’s just awesome .

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You have to have just enough supplies that you ’re not going to be wholly wretched deliver to carry around a vast , heavy backpack .

I lend an electric fan thing to Disney World , thinking it was essential . I think , “ Oh , we ’re go to utilize this thing for sure ! ” And then I never once used it . We were actually peculiarly prosperous ; we went in the spring , and it was still pretty cloudy and comfy .

Also , go into this head trip , there had been people who suggestedpacking cubesand I was like , " No , I do n’t do pile cubes . ” After this tripper , take to repack and take out and repack so many things , I thought “ Okay , I may do packing cube . ”

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Every trip is unlike , and that ’s why I ’m a piffling obsessed with having an easy little daypack with everything you need . Everyone get blisters on their feet , someone of necessity falls and grazes their human knee , and sunscreen is important . You have to have just enough provision that you ’re not going to be wholly miserable having to carry around a huge , with child knapsack . It has to be something low and lightweight that ’s got your kin ’s requisite .

Also , nutrient option for small fry are important . I love food for thought so much — the more food options the better , which is a big part of traveling in cities . develop up , we went toEuropea mass , and that feels very nostalgic for me . I lived inLondonwhen I was a kidskin , and my dad is half - Gallic , so we would spend a lot of metre inParisandLyon , where my grandmother is from . We normally go every summertime .

I ’ve never been toAustralia , and I ’ve always want to go . I ’m hope to make that happen before long .

I ’ve travel with my sister and her son a bit , and we do a regular trip with my kid , my boyfriend , and my kids ' dad as well . We endeavor to do this kind of togetherness , because we ’re all cobalt - parenting . The kids are so happy when we ’re all together . And if the kids are well-chosen , I ’m felicitous , too .