I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.
Acting doesn't suffice.
But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club.
So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.
Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name.
I pray and try every day to be a better actor.