United Kingdom, Aug. 3 -- Jurnee Smollett wants her son to follow his own passions in life.

The 38-year-old actress - who has Hunter, eight, with her ex-husband Josiah Bell - has insisted that she doesn't want to put her son under any pressure to follow in her footsteps.

Speaking to People, she said: "I don't know that I would let him audition when he was young or do the whole hustle. I think I'd encourage him to study it, take classes and workshops.

"But my goal is to expose him to as many different fields and see what sticks. He plays basketball and baseball, loves sports. He's excelling at math. I mean, he can do math way higher than his grade level and loves science, so he's always making science experiments around the house with s...