Show Kevin Bacon wanted to be a big star but when success came he wanted something more 9 E jm ll JO ALWAYS KNEW THAT 1 wanted to be a father" said- - Kevin Bacon “Even before I got married I flirted with the idea of adopting as a single parent And 1 remember thinking when I first had my son that I really had it together I realize now that I didn’t have a clue I didn’t know that being a father is something you have to learn" Kevin Baoon is one of America's most versatile-actor- having distinguished himself over the last 20 years in films as varied as Diner Apollo 13 Murder in the First Wild Things and JFK But it is his private roles as husband and father that make Bacon most proud He and the actress Kyra Sedgwick have been married 14 years and have a son Tra- vis 13 LI 92 was a G S -- n- o ON architect and “He famous in was city planner well-regard- Philadelphia" said Bacon "He still is" Both parents encouraged a love of ait and music "There were a lot of instruments in the house” said Bacon “We were always dancing And I had a big box of old clothes that were my favorite toys as a kid I loved playing dress-up- ” His mother encouraged Kevin to lake iOdng a parent JD)gives you ’ perspective So the movie didn't do well oirl got bad reviews Thafc pretty small stuff” and a daughter Sosie 10 In a profession that places exceptional stress on a family— what with forced separations' nSN&ffe financial unpredictabili- ty and the pressures of fame— die two haw succeeded where so many other show business couples have not What are Bacon’s secrets to ancing his home life and career? And what has he learned that helps him as a parent? Bacon 44 grew up in Philadelphia the youngest of six kids His late mother Ruth was an activist who had given up her privileged background to devote herself to the poor "She lived so' simply that she had only one fancy dress" Bacon recalled "She wore that same dress to special occasions for almost 3Q years” His father Edmund Bacon now cava G bal- ftinnhiiiin Immi teas fvfal Baoon with his wifa tha aetroas Kyra Sadgwiefcs with Nb dad Edmund Baoo aMjl WlUl MNjnWM uJIk BfOIMF iMahaah H ImiaAfeAn Mb chUdran Travis (p) and Soata on a family outing soma yaara ago h t V-- acting classes "Though I was a gregarious kid with a lot of friends I wasn’t very popular with girls” Bacon confided “Part of the appeal of acting was that if I got famous like my father I rNOTOGKAMi BY GWENDOLEN CATtS: STYUNC MYSAKAH rUtLOWnmUAKK EDWARD INC SHIRT BY WHATCOUES ABOUND GO£S ABOUND: CROOUING SY KATRINA RORCSTROtl he was only 1 7 “I was driven" he said “EvenasakidIdefinitely hadmy eyes on the prize" Supportinghimselfasawaiterhegot smaDpartsoff-BroadwayAt20hema- thought it would help me with the gills But I also really liked it” With his parents’ blessing Bacon moved to New York City to study at the Circle in the Square Theatre when de his film debut in Notional Lampoon's Animal House playing a rival fraternity ' member "They paid me what I thought was a massive amount something like 5000 biicks”Bxon recalled "Butlspent it right sway and when the movie came out Iwasatill waiting mhina and Mfli 4 MMUST M SOM MIW MABAZBm |