Martin Sheen regrets using stage name for acting career
msn.comGallery: ‘My life is fab. I don’t have people ringing me two times a minute. . . ' You won't (BANG Showbiz)Martin - whose children include fellow actors Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, born Carlos Estevez - admitted he was delighted Emilio didn't change his surname to Sheen, despite advice from his agent.
Asked if he discouraged his children from acting, he said: “No, but I honestly have to say I wasn’t aware of it. I was so self-involved and trying to be a provider that I wasn’t aware of their inclination to being actors. "I was doing a show one time, and Emilio showed up.
I thought he was there to visit me, but he’d gotten a part in the same show. "The only influence I had on Emilio was to keep his name.
When he started out, his agent was advising him to change his name to Sheen and he wouldn’t do it. And I thank God he didn’t. ” Martin - whose children Ramon Estevez and Renee Estevez also went into the family business - loved working with his son on 2010's 'The Way', which Emelio wrote, directed and starred in.
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