This Sitcom Star Failed Twice Before Success
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Actor and stand-up comedian Ray Romano is sharing a lesson he learned throughout his time in the entertainment industry with his son.
The EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND star’s youngest son, Joseph, is also pursuing a career in stand-up.
“He goes on a little stand-up trip, and he goes to these little dives, and he tries stand-up for the first time, and the people aren’t even facing the stage,” Romano shared of his son’s experience. “There aren’t even people in there. And of course, it doesn’t go well, and he takes it very personal.”
He continued, “So, I had to almost grab him and go, ‘You don’t understand. First of all, you can’t do well in a place like that, and you can’t do well when…it’s your first time onstage. So, I understand you’re hurt, but you really have no right to be upset right now. Stand-up takes a long time.”
“That’s all I told him was, ‘Please don’t get that way, because that’s the way I was.’ I gave it up twice,” Romano revealed. “You know, I got beat down my first time. I gave it up, and I got beat down the second time again. But luckily, I tried a third time.”
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“I think they like that I get creative inspiration from them,” he told PEOPLE of his family. “They read rough drafts of the script. My wife, not as much as my kids.”
His identical twin sons recently released a documentary titled THE ROMANO TWINS.
“In the documentary, the brothers set out on separate journeys, each documenting their adventure on camera,” PEOPLE reported. “Matt embarked on a wilderness trip, while Greg traveled the country performing stand-up at small dive bars and restaurants. Now, five years later, as Greg reflects on his journey, he admits he has let go of his dream of becoming a stand-up comedian.”
“It has been a long time coming. Working on this for years, there would be moments where you’d go, ‘let’s scrap the whole thing.’ But then you come back to it and realize there’s something here,” Matt said.
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