With Elmo saying he was “really sorry to hear that, Mr. Andrew,” the Silence actor asked him to not apologize, adding it’s “okay to miss somebody.”
Garfield then stated that sadness is a gift, also calling it a “lovely thing to feel in a way because it means you really loved somebody when you miss them.”
The Never Let Me Go actor then also stated that whenever he misses his mother, he remembers all their cuddles and hugs. The actor further continued that he is happy about all the memories that he created with his mother and the whole family, including his brothers.
“So when I miss her, I remember it’s because she made me so happy. So I can celebrate her, and I can miss her at the same time,” Andrew Garfield stated to Elmo.
The actor also stated that Elmo was his mother’s favorite.
It was when Garfield was filming The Eyes of Tammy Faye that he had to leave the set to be by his mother’s side in England when she’d passed away.
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