Ethan Hawke and his actress/singer daughter, Maya Hawke, are opening up about the whole nepotism debate in their joint interview with Variety.

The interview was permitted under a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, and inside it, both Ethan and Maya are promoting their new film together, called Wildcat.

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Ethan directs the film in which Maya stars and produces, and he insisted that it was Maya‘s idea he step behind the camera for it.

“Put simply, I’m a nepo dad!” he joked about it with the outlet. “I’m not embarrassed about it.”

Maya then chimed in, stating that there were “moments of insecurity about it while we were shooting the movie, but the internet doesn’t have a lot of nuances. My dad has been a massive teacher for me, and we want to work together. We like being with each other.”

“If someone wants to criticize us for working together, that’s totally fair,” Ethan added. “You have to let people have their opinion. You just have to try to do a good job when you’re onstage.”

Maya is just one among the many young celebrities who have equally famous parents in the industry.