Kate Hudson used the Time100 Summit to talk about Goldie Hawn, and she framed her mother as a Hollywood pioneer who made her own path. Hudson, who was honored as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, said Hawn was the first female movie star to produce her own movies and had to fight for everything.
“So growing up, it was like, ‘You just go in and you fight for what you think is right. If you have a feeling, you don’t stop until you understand,’” Hudson said. She added that the fight mattered more than waiting for a role and standing on her mark, and that she had to fight for a lot of those things herself.
Hudson’s comments land with extra weight because they connect family advice to a career that has played out inside one of Hollywood’s most unpredictable industries. She said she grew up being told to be the narrator of her own story, to say no when needed and to keep moving toward the work she was passionate about. Her father, she said, used to tell her, “you’re one job away from a shift,” a line that fits an industry she described as a constant roller coaster.
That sense of volatility was part of Hudson’s larger point: growing up around the business made her see it for what it is. She said when people are writing about her, that is probably a good sign because it means she is relevant, and maybe even still has a couple more years of getting hired. The remark was blunt, but it fit the message she kept returning to at the summit — that survival in entertainment depends on persistence, judgment and the willingness to keep choosing the work that matters.
Hudson was also promoting Season 2 of Running Point, and she said the most famous person to come to the set was Jake from State Farm, who will appear in the new season. She said he seemed to be on a show for the first time, and she sounded just as enthusiastic about another guest star, Ray Romano, whom she said the production got lucky to have. For Hudson, the message from the stage was clear: Goldie Hawn showed her how to build a career, and the lesson she carried forward was to keep fighting, keep deciding and keep telling her own story.