Don Cheadle
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Podcast Appearances
not necessarily based on the character that you're playing on this, but we just want to do a show around you. And I was like, okay, that's cool. So they wrote this show. How old were you? I don't know. When I did Fresh Prince? Yeah. Early 20s? Is that really germane to the story?
not necessarily based on the character that you're playing on this, but we just want to do a show around you. And I was like, okay, that's cool. So they wrote this show. How old were you? I don't know. When I did Fresh Prince? Yeah. Early 20s? Is that really germane to the story?
You're like, when you get offered your own show, it's like, what? I was six, okay? I was fucking six. No, he's just jealous.
You're like, when you get offered your own show, it's like, what? I was six, okay? I was fucking six. No, he's just jealous.
You're like, when you get offered your own show, it's like, what? I was six, okay? I was fucking six. No, he's just jealous.
Michael Landon. So it's the third day. They come down. They're like, we want to do the show. I said, okay, great. So they wrote this pilot. We shot the pilot. It's called In the House. I wrote the theme song to the thing. It was just, everything was great.
Michael Landon. So it's the third day. They come down. They're like, we want to do the show. I said, okay, great. So they wrote this pilot. We shot the pilot. It's called In the House. I wrote the theme song to the thing. It was just, everything was great.
Michael Landon. So it's the third day. They come down. They're like, we want to do the show. I said, okay, great. So they wrote this pilot. We shot the pilot. It's called In the House. I wrote the theme song to the thing. It was just, everything was great.
Super, super heavy saxophone. It was on the schedule. And I, you know, I'm pretty like, I don't believe it until I see it. And I just kind of wasn't believing that it was real. And also it just was a huge thing. It was the biggest thing that had happened in my career at that point. I was like, I don't, something's telling me this isn't real. But it was on the schedule. It was going.
Super, super heavy saxophone. It was on the schedule. And I, you know, I'm pretty like, I don't believe it until I see it. And I just kind of wasn't believing that it was real. And also it just was a huge thing. It was the biggest thing that had happened in my career at that point. I was like, I don't, something's telling me this isn't real. But it was on the schedule. It was going.
Super, super heavy saxophone. It was on the schedule. And I, you know, I'm pretty like, I don't believe it until I see it. And I just kind of wasn't believing that it was real. And also it just was a huge thing. It was the biggest thing that had happened in my career at that point. I was like, I don't, something's telling me this isn't real. But it was on the schedule. It was going.
So like the day before I got this fateful call, I gave my brother my car. I was like, hey, it's on, take the car. I'm about to have this huge windfall.
So like the day before I got this fateful call, I gave my brother my car. I was like, hey, it's on, take the car. I'm about to have this huge windfall.
So like the day before I got this fateful call, I gave my brother my car. I was like, hey, it's on, take the car. I'm about to have this huge windfall.
It's, I'm ready. And the next day I got a call and they said, it's off the schedule. It was, how old I was, was Brandon Tartikoff was still running NBC at that time.
It's, I'm ready. And the next day I got a call and they said, it's off the schedule. It was, how old I was, was Brandon Tartikoff was still running NBC at that time.
It's, I'm ready. And the next day I got a call and they said, it's off the schedule. It was, how old I was, was Brandon Tartikoff was still running NBC at that time.
I don't know if people are listening.
I don't know if people are listening.
I don't know if people are listening.