Dax Shepard<\/a> podcast, saying about his legacy: \u201c(He was) so special, so special. Thank God there\u2019s Matilda.\u201d<\/p>\nMichelle also became emotional as Dax, 49, recalled his own connection to \u2018Brokeback Mountain\u2019 star Heath. <\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI feel obligated to say that I knew him a little bit when he was getting sober, and I don\u2019t know that I\u2019ve ever fallen in love with somebody so quickly. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cThis is one of the most special boys I\u2019ve ever met, and I can feel the weight of the world on him in a very special way that kind of broke my heart. I was very, very sad, and I thought he was just so special.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMichelle and Heath met while filming Ang Lee\u2019s 2005 drama \u2018Brokeback Mountain\u2019, which earned widespread acclaim and multiple Academy Awards. <\/p>\n
\nDuring the promotion of the film, the couple learned they were expecting their first child and welcomed Matilda in October 2005.<\/p>\n
\nSpeaking on the podcast, Michelle said: \u201cWe had a baby. But I suppose maybe it\u2019s a good thing about being young is that you don\u2019t have so much life experience that you can contextualise things. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cSo you\u2019re really just going with the flow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMichelle, who now has three more children with her partner, 46-year-old director Thomas Kail, spoke about the challenges of balancing parenthood with her career. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cKids are such great life checkers,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cThey force you to put your best self in front of them. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cYou can\u2019t abdicate your life and your work and your own desires, but you do have to put them in check and figure out which master you\u2019re going to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMichelle went on: \u201cYou can\u2019t be equally good at [everything] at the exact same time, and you have to allow for that give and take, but then also replenish the other things. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cIf you have a big period of being at home, you need to go back to what you\u2019ve left unattended and put some light over there. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cSo I think it\u2019s just this constant back and forth, but making sure that you don\u2019t leave one of them unattended for too long.\u201d<\/p>\n
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