James Caan’s son, Scott Caan, said his father warned him about the “goofy” ways of Hollywood and told him to “stay away from it” when he was younger.
Speaking to Fox News Digital, the 47-year-old actor said that before he even dreamed about having an acting career, the late Hollywood legend tried to steer him away from show business.
“Not until I was a late teen, like 18 or 19 years old,” Scott said of his dad’s advice. “I was always an athlete, and my old man told me that this business was goofy and [to] stay away from it.”
“I would do anything to not go to school, so I had all these different creative ideas,” he added. “Anything to not finish high school and go to college. I sort of got lucky and met a director and ended up on a set somehow.”
Now Scott said he looks back at his Academy Award-winning father’s career advice and remembers him saying things…
