Lukas Gage's memoir made his mom think she had "failed as a mother"

He told The Guardian newspaper: "She talked to my other brothers, like, 'Do you guys feel this way too?' And they were all like, 'Of course, we've been saying this since we were kids.'

"[After reading the book] she felt as if she failed as a mother and I did not want her to feel that way whatsoever. I feel like even though there's these chaotic things that happened to me, hard things, I actually loved the way that I grew up."

Although Lukas' mom once won enough that she could afford a deposit for a bigger house, the White Lotus actor insisted it wasn't a profitable habit.

He said: "Ultimately, how much she spent was definitely a lot more than that."

The Euphoria actor considered "taming down" his memoir out of fear it could cause problems for his career but he ultimately wanted to be "truthful" and doesn't see himself as a "liability" on set.

He said: "There was a part of me that did want to tame it down a little.

"But I wanted it to be truthful and show people who don't have it all together, who don't have this cookie-cutter upbringing, that they can do this too, and that some of the messiness is actually the thing that makes you different.

"I don't think I am a liability. I'm good at my job, I'm responsible, I never miss anything, I'm never late for work, I'm never a mean person."

And Lukas thinks the book is reflective of the fact he is "still a work in progress".

He said: "My life is uneven and I wanted it to be honest rather than clean.

"I'm still a work in progress. I'm still gonna make mistakes and mess up and not be the best partner or friend or family member. But I can acknowledge it now and invite this criticism rather than be resistant to it."