“I told my mom I was going to do a movie about a son who hears a story about his mom and takes her on a cross-country road trip, and I wanted to actually take the trip with my mom to see what it would be like to drive cross-country with your mom.” CountryStoriesWould BeWantedSonMomCrossesMy MomYour MomRoad TripCountry Roads Author:Dan Fogelman
“I couldn't understand her [my mother's] wiring, all the time. I couldn't understand how she denied herself pleasure and enjoyment in life. As my career got successful and I wanted to do things for her, she wasn't able to allow them because she just didn't work that way. It was always that. It wasn't necessarily ugly, just complicated.” WayAbleWantedMotherPleasureCareersSuccessfulUglyComplicatedEnjoymentDeniedWiring Author:Dan Fogelman