Tilda Swinton: Parenting is "a bloody business"

(CBS) Actress Tilda Swinton recently said, "It's a bloody business, being a parent."

We at "Eye on Parenting" couldn't agree more.

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But Swinton, who was talking about her role in her new movie "We Have to Talk About Kevin," isn't just talking in the abstract. The actress not only plays a mom in her new movie - receiving rave reviews at Cannes - she also is one.

In her new movie, Swinton plays the mom of a 15-year-old sociopathic mass murderer. In real life, she has teenage twins - a boy and a girl. Different? Not really, Swinton says. She told reporters following a press screening of the film Thursday in France that she sees real-life parallels between her life as a mom and her character's experiences.

"It's a truly, truly murderous business, giving birth," Swinton said. "Even more frightening is she's giving birth to her own violence."

The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Lionel Shriver.