Russell Crowe

New shoes and they were all fluttering over him and stuff like that.

And this guy was the best salesman they had and blah, blah, blah, you know?

And in the time that I was there...

I watched those new shoes get age on them and start cracking at the side and stuff like that because he obviously used them a lot, did a lot of walking around talking to people.

And just as I was leaving, I overheard a discussion where he was planning on getting some new shoes again.

And I was like, yeah, definitely, definitely don't want to.

I don't want to be here.

I don't want to be that guy.

Well, here's your example.

Yes.

So what do you want, option A or option B?

Well, all through my life for sure because my parents at a certain point in time

were caterers on film sets.

So that's how I got my first job.

My mom's godfather was a TV producer who's famous in the Australian industry.

Not so much anymore because the generations passed.

but he was the tightest producer to work for, the cheapest bastard on the block, you know what I mean?

And he was famous for that.

I mean, I still know Jack Thompson today.

I did a scene with Jack Thompson when I was six years old, did my first line of dialogue on camera with him.