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Why J.K. Simmons and Wife Michelle Didn’t Want Their Daughter to Become a Child Actor (Exclusive)

J.K. Simmons and writer-director Michelle Schumacher tell PEOPLE why they didn’t want their daughter to become a child actor, saying, ‘It wasn’t our vibe.'

Nevertheless, Olivia, 22 — who stars with her Oscar-winning dad, 69, in the new movie You Can’t Run Forever, which is co-written and directed by Schumacher, 57 — was interested in moviemaking. “When she announced it as a serious life goal of hers, it was sort of coincidental with all of the attention I was getting for Whiplash,” says Simmons, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2015 for playing an abusive music teacher in the drama starring Miles Teller. The couple’s son, Joe, 25, is a musician and composer who did the music for You Can’t Run Forever, a thriller about a man (Simmons) who snaps and goes on a killing spree.

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