In the late 1960s, I was working as an usher for the New York stage production of 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
I was a big 'Charlie Brown' fan as a kid.
I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.
I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I thought, 'Maybe I'll get to produce one day and get to do cool stuff too,' which is what happened when we did 'Charlie's Angels.' Starting my production company was a big turning point for me.
In film roles, I play a lot of heavies and a lot of bad guys, so I tend to be the jokester and the good-time Charlie on the set.
My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.
I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.
I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.
When I was a dancer, I was acting.
I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business!