Don Cheadle

I had the same thing, Don. You know, I always had music to fall back on should the, you know, the acting thing, and I still have the music to fall back on if the acting thing doesn't work out. But I always thought my fallback was going to be, oh, I'll just be a pop star.

Well, you can set your ass off, so you had a shot.

Well, you can set your ass off, so you had a shot.

Well, you can set your ass off, so you had a shot.

You're the best. You're my new favorite guy on the podcast.

You're the best. You're my new favorite guy on the podcast.

You're the best. You're my new favorite guy on the podcast.

Rock it. Hang on, man. I just said Will got that one. You don't have to jump on Dr. Will's thing.

Rock it. Hang on, man. I just said Will got that one. You don't have to jump on Dr. Will's thing.

Rock it. Hang on, man. I just said Will got that one. You don't have to jump on Dr. Will's thing.

Hey, you hear what I did? Jump on Dr. Will's thing? I'm tripping off on it. Your turn, Sean. Get in there. Ooh, that was a good one too.

Hey, you hear what I did? Jump on Dr. Will's thing? I'm tripping off on it. Your turn, Sean. Get in there. Ooh, that was a good one too.

Hey, you hear what I did? Jump on Dr. Will's thing? I'm tripping off on it. Your turn, Sean. Get in there. Ooh, that was a good one too.

No, and I've been like bouncing around on, so I played the sax and then I didn't do that. You know, when I went to Cal Arts, it was kind of like a conservatory, the amount of time that you had to spend on all that. There was no time really to do anything but theater and voice and movement and dance and all that stuff. So I just kind of dropped it.

No, and I've been like bouncing around on, so I played the sax and then I didn't do that. You know, when I went to Cal Arts, it was kind of like a conservatory, the amount of time that you had to spend on all that. There was no time really to do anything but theater and voice and movement and dance and all that stuff. So I just kind of dropped it.

No, and I've been like bouncing around on, so I played the sax and then I didn't do that. You know, when I went to Cal Arts, it was kind of like a conservatory, the amount of time that you had to spend on all that. There was no time really to do anything but theater and voice and movement and dance and all that stuff. So I just kind of dropped it.

And then I was in New York doing a play and I walked by a pawn shop and I saw this beautiful tenor sax. And I was like, I'm going to, pick it back up again. I'm going to see if I have any facility because, you know, you lose your embouchure, you lose that musculature to be able to play it. It's hard to get it back. So I started playing it again. It sounded terrible. I was like, no, just hang out.

And then I was in New York doing a play and I walked by a pawn shop and I saw this beautiful tenor sax. And I was like, I'm going to, pick it back up again. I'm going to see if I have any facility because, you know, you lose your embouchure, you lose that musculature to be able to play it. It's hard to get it back. So I started playing it again. It sounded terrible. I was like, no, just hang out.

And then I was in New York doing a play and I walked by a pawn shop and I saw this beautiful tenor sax. And I was like, I'm going to, pick it back up again. I'm going to see if I have any facility because, you know, you lose your embouchure, you lose that musculature to be able to play it. It's hard to get it back. So I started playing it again. It sounded terrible. I was like, no, just hang out.

Just like stay with it. So I started doing that. And then I took a gig, actually. the Rat Pack movie and playing Sammy Davis Jr., who played drums and played trumpet and, you know, gun twirled and could play piano. And so I kind of went back to school again, having private, you know, having lessons from all of these teachers to learn how to do all these different things.