hello everyone welcome back my channel actress Heather Graham hasn't spoken to estranged parents after they warn Hollywood is evil Austin power star Heather Graham hasn't spoken to her parents in almost 30 years Graham recalled leaving home at 18 to move to West Hollywood California to follow her dreams of becoming part of the entertainment industry at the time her father warned her that Hollywood would claim her soul he regularly told me that the entertainment industry was evil and that Hollywood would claim my soul Graham said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal she noted that her parents were part of a generation that didn't believe in therapy or discussing personal things so I never felt I could talk to them following the premiere of her movie licensed to drive in 1988 Graham knew it was time to move out of her parents home when the movie came out I was 18 living at home had become more difficult she said I said to myself I've got to get out of here I've got to be successful and I've got to be a movie star gram continued I found an apartment in West Hollywood with another girl from high school a working model who was also investing in real estate on the side living with her was fringing when Braham was 9 years old her family relocated from Virginia to Agora Hills California at the time the actress felt that she went from being popular on the east coast to to not fitting in on the west coast in Virginia I had a tomoy phase and loved exploring the woods after we moved I was isolated you had to be driven everywhere without kids to play with in the street I had fewer social interactions and grew insecure I turned to books and read above my level she told the outlet Graham graduated from high school with a 5.0 GPA and went on to study English at UCLA after her junior year at the prestigious Southern California University she decided to drop out to focus on her acting career at this time Graham landed major roles in the films Austin Powers and swingers which made her realize she was self-sufficient and she began to revaluate her relationship with her parents I stopped talking to my parents when I was 25 and I'm estranged from them now Graham admitted my friends are proud of me and I'm proud of myself I have really good friends the fifth 54-year-old actress is proud of the life she has created for herself I live in Los Angeles in a house I bought last year I also have a loft in New York she said noting that her West Coast home has views of the Pacific I love the ocean she explained I also like sitting out back when writing or preparing for a movie nature is inspiring raham wore multiple hats for her new film chosen family the actress wrote directed and starred in the movie movie which is set to bow in October she Stars alongside Nicholas Cage for her next project the Gunslingers which is due to be released in 2025