In this interview you get the impression he has/had some idea of how lucky he was, but he doesn't quite make the leap that it's profoundly unusual for parents to stake their family's financial security on their kids.

I'd be very interested to know what he thinks of it now. When you look at something like "The Hollywood Complex" through adult eyes, it's a horror story. You just wonder how many of those families destroyed themselves by being unable to say "no" to the kids.