United Kingdom, Jan. 24 -- Channing Tatum believes parenting is "hard".

The 45-year-old actor has a 12-year-old daughter called Everly with his ex-wife Jenna Dewan, and Channing has opened up about his own experiences of parenthood.

Channing - who plays a father figure character in Josephine, his new thriller film - told E! News: "Parenting is hard and it changes day-to-day.

"Sometimes you have to be the tough parent, and then other times, you need to be their soft buddy where you just love 'em and that's it."

Channing explained that his Josephine character was partially inspired by his real-life dad.

The film star shared: "It's a different character than I am in my life. I took a lot from my own dad in away. I think [Damien] is a bi...