Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey talk parenting, 'Kubo'

Off camera, the two Oscar winners discussed their real-life approach to raising kids.

Kubo and the Two Strings, the latest film from stop-motion animation studio Laika (Coraline, ''The Boxtrolls), centers on a boy who ignites a long-dormant vendetta when he accidentally summons a spirit from his past.

A father of three, McConaughey said he's still navigating the balance between parent and friend, roles he finds "intersect and overlap."

"Because a child sure needs a parent, and I've seen many, many examples where the adult was only trying to be the friend to the child, and he was doing a disservice to the child," he said.

[...] are the joys of parenting, she said.