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\"I feel so good, I wanna do it again and I will do it again,\" Olivia told her dad at the end of the video.

In his post, Van Der Beek also recalled the moment he told his mom that he wanted to pursue acting and shared how his daughter's interest in acting and performing was similar to his career as a young actor.

\"When I was 15, I first told my mom I wanted to audition professionally,\" he said. \"She didn't hold me back. She took me to NYC, and she walked me through it.\"

\"So when the opportunity to do #WeAreFamilyFox came up and my 13-year-old lit up like a carbon copy of me at that age… I let her put herself on tape. I got her some voice lessons. And I walked her through it,\" he added.

Van Der Beek also shared that Olivia had \"never sung in front of people before.\"

Van Der Beek shares Olivia with his wife Kimberly. They are also parents to daughters Annabel, Emilia, and Gwendolyn, as well as sons Joshua and Jeremiah.

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