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Alfred Molina Fights Tears Saying ‘I Did Disappoint My Dad’ by Being an Actor and Rejecting Higher-Paying Job: ‘He Stared at Me Like He Didn’t Recognize Me’

Alfred Molina says he disappointed his dad by becoming an actor and turning down a career in restaurant management that would've paid more.

Alfred Molina has gone viral on social media for sharing an emotional story to Vanity Fair about his father, who never vocally supported his son’s acting career. This was long before Molina became a Tony and BAFTA-nominated actor, plus an iconic movie villain thanks to Doctor Octopus in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2.” When he passed away, I went to Spain for the funeral and I was with his widow and she drags out this suitcase and it’s full of clippings and photos and bits from magazines and letters from people that wrote to him saying they saw me.

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