Ryan Reynolds Got Real About Wanting A "Normal Life" For His And Blake Lively's Kids

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are as famous as it gets.

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They're famous enough that you already know they have four children together — James, Inez, Betty, and Olin.

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As you can imagine, it's hard for the famous to stay grounded — and in a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Ryan explained how he and Blake are doing their best to keep things normal when it comes to their kids.

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“We try to give them as normal a life as possible,” he said. “I try not to impose upon them the difference in their childhood to my childhood or my wife’s childhood.”

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“We both grew up very working class, and I remember when they were very young, I used to say or think, like, ‘Oh God, I would never have had a gift like this when I was a kid,’ or, ‘I never would’ve had this luxury of getting takeout,’ or whatever.”

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“Then I realized that that’s not really their bag of rocks to carry. They’re already very much in touch with gratitude and understanding the world enough to have a strong sense of empathy.”

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Ryan then went on to explain that their children's already-developed sense of empathy is assurance to him that he and Blake are "doing OK" when it comes to being parents — but he also acknowledged that, no matter what, his kids are growing up in a different way than he did.

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“When I was a kid, you would just suck it up, get out of the house and be back by sundown, which I just can’t even imagine now," he cracked.

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Read the entire interview here.