Alfred Molina Fights Tears Saying ‘I Did Disappoint My Dad’ by Being an Actor and Rejecting Higher-Paying Job: ‘He Stared at Me Like He Didn’t Recognize Me’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Alfred Molina has gone viral on social media for sharing an emotional story to Vanity Fair about his father, who never vocally supported his son’s acting career.
Molina once had the chance to become the manager of a restaurant for a higher salary than what his early acting jobs were paying.
He turned it down to pursue the arts, which baffled his father. This was long before Molina became a Tony and BAFTA-nominated actor, plus an iconic movie villain thanks to Doctor Octopus in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2.” “When I was very young, my dad got me a job as a waiter in the restaurant where he was working.
If I say so myself, I was a good waiter.. to the point where the management offered me the chance to do a two week management training course,” Molina said. “I turned it down because I got an acting job.
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