Goldie Hawn’s Early Days In New York | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

there are so many people as you know the. way our culture is it's always been this. way but it's become so much more so so. many people would give everything they. have theyd sell their soul to the devil. to have any section of your career you. know the first section of your career. the any they would take any part of it. and they would give everything away and. what is very clear is that you had this. really. unprecedented uh success that you.

managed to keep leveling up to the next. level and you were clearly determined to. not become this two-dimensional image to. people you wanted to be who you really. are and of course in this first part of. your career you know laughing and some. of the early. movies people could say that she is the. giggly girl she's the giggly blonde. she's the and they could label you as. that and you were very determined to say. that not who I am and I'm going to take.

some dramatic roles I'm going to uh I'm. going to produce I'm going to do this. other stuff but it felt to me like that. is an act of will that's a very strong. Act of will to say no plenty of people. would be very happy with that plenty of. people would be very happy to be the. person who was a huge star and laughing. and playing that one role and so where. did that come from where does that sense. of of you that says I'm not going to do.

that and in fact we're going to do. things this way I think it's part of my. nature um I mean I went to New York at. 18 and was left off on 10th Avenue and. had no place to stay because the people. there actually left for summer and I'm. going wait a minute I on I'm in New York. I got a little suitcase and the thing I. was dancing at the World's Fair so I had. a job I was there so being a dancer. number one M uh since 3 years old and.

you thought of yourself and still think. of yourself as a dancer as a dancer. exactly it's because it's it's a lesson. in life and dancing was not only. understanding where your body was at. every moment but man we worked hard and. when we danced we danced hard when we. worked out we were going to do a you. know whatever we could do in order to. get better that was it okay so I had it. was like a it was like an athlete all. right so you you build up a what I say. grit real grit because you fall because.

you know and dancers obviously aside. from training they were the low end of. the totem pole in every every musical. everywhere because the singers got this. mu thing and the payment and we broke. our ass okay no matter what but you know. I like that I got the grit I liked it so. when I went off to New York to do this I. went off of course not thinking I'd ever. come home again but I literally did it. because I believe I.

could get the audition go there can't. find a place to live what do I do call. home no I decided to move in for a. little bit with my dance instructor and. the. choreographer which was a bad idea. because I woke up one night with a. vibrator okay and the vibrator was not. in a good spot oh and I literally said. so Phil this is isn't going to work so.

maybe I need to find an. apartment so I found an apartment my uh. I left my body did anyone else leave. their body I think I left my body and I. went into your body and I'm in you and. you're in my body I don't want to be. there no but you're you're impressed at. my muscle mass I'm I'm I'm thinking. about it Sona went into Goldie's body. body said Goldie said get out of my body. I love it not a good place I want to. stay there so okay so you wake up. vibrator not in a good place and you say.

I think this isn't going to work that's. right I mean I was quite sure it wasn't. going to work yeah it's a certainty that. comes when a vibrator is in the wrong. area anyway continue please exactly. continue with this cross examination. that's a binary. decision decisions get made very quickly. that way okay now I so I I went out and. I got an apartment right now I'm I'm. just saying this only because you don't.

go home again you fight for what you. believe in it is nobody going to take. care of you you're going to take care of. yourself which I was fine so I went to B. basically 707th Street and I found a one. room apartment lot of roaches Seven. Police Ro lo you know locks that was on. the door and um a guy below a man I was. saying was a junk dealer so he he had. like people lying in the hallway having. been shot up now I'm from a dead end.

Street in Maryland right and I thought I. went and got the police and the police. which I said cuz I saw him come over and. he looked at her I pulled him I said. this isn't good now I just moved in the. apartment I'm already telling the police. what to do right and the police said. come on darra let's go come on darra and. she was one that had just you know. gotten a fix somewhere yeah and and then. I was scared of dearra because dearra. was like in that you know doing that and.

then one day I walked out because I was. much more afraid of my building than I. was outside I mean it was like that and. I was walking up the street and sure. enough she's following me no man oh my. God so when now she's following me now. I'm freaked out right remember I'm 19. now and I go into some coffee shop and I. sit down and I talk to the guy next to. me and I said no see that girl she's got. her nose against the thing and she's. looking after me and I'm scared of her. he said listen why don't you come.

to my office I'm a. chiropractor and you can sit there for a. while and feel comfortable so I said. okay that would be great so he pulls his. car around and I go to New Jersey to his. chiropr wait a minute I this doesn't. sound on the level what I have many. times said to women I'm a chiropractor. come with me and I have no. license and it's ladies don't listen so. did you was it okay after I was sitting.

in his waiting room for like an hour I. said you know I have to get back to the. city I mean I can't stay here you know. and then eventually it was L he drove me. back to the city I said gee thanks that. was really great all I asked for was a. little comfort you know from this guy. but I thought that I could take solace. in his apart in his his what whatever. his office for a while no no no no I. drove over the George washingon bridge I. mean it it was like I was being. kidnapped oh my God I I mean trusted.

everybody yeah that's a bad story I mean. no I I have a worse story oh yeah I have. a worst story so when I came to New York. in in May I got this roach anded. apartment and I then uh went to a. bathing suit try out right so I had a. bag my bag was fre bigger than me and I. had my bathing suits in there and I met. this guy run wanted to go on on the. subway and I met this guy who was a very.

seemed to be a very nice guy uh he said. you know I'm I got to stop you for a. minute I've got to stop you um I look. you're not going to believe me I'm not. putting the make on you or anything he. said look I've got a watch here I go. with Tuesday Weld who happened to be at. that time in the 60s like a big deal and. it says I love you Tuesday on it and I. went oh I said oh okay he said but. here's the deal alap now I'm standing on. a corner mhm alap app just created a.

television series out of Lil Abner it's. going on to T TV NBC but you look like. just amazing character that he created. called tenderleaf. Ericson and what's interesting is is. that you know you have an interesting. face and I thought I do I do have an. interesting face I don't call it a. beautiful face but you know big eyes and. so I I thought I probably look a little. strange but he didn't say to me you look.

great you're gorgeous no I have an. interesting face so I believed him then. he said to me look I want to give you a. script I want you to take a look at this. and if you need a ride because I've. stopped you I've got a car I'll drop you. off at the you know wherever you are you. know to the audition which was I don't. know Madison and something and and I. just been in New York so this is not. even a month and my job is basically you. know in Flushing because I was at the. World's Fair so I was doing Can Can on.

top of a bar at the Texas Pavilion so. anyway now I sort of uh you know we. called me a little bit and warm me up. and you know was like H oh you know it's. cute he gives me a script and then I. said this is awesome and he said I want. you to talk to alap he's getting an. award like Man of the Year award in. Kansas City or some University and I. talked to him and he sounded very nice. I'm really looking forward to meeting. you and I called Mom and Dad and I went. this is so great.

I mean you know I I this will be great. I'm nervous about it but now time comes. and I get into a cab and I go over to. Fifth Avenue uh an apartment like I'm. going oh my God from roach City all the. way up to the Fifth Avenue apartment and. I went in they're expecting me I get in. the elevator and then the butler comes. out and he says oh Goldie we've been. waiting for your wonderful welcome and I. sit down in his lovely apartment and he.

said Mr cap is not here yet he said but. um he likes his women to pour his. tea okay that was a moment then he. brings out a 400 pound sterling silver. tea set with tea in it and now I'm. sitting there looking at the teapot and. wondering if I even had the fulcrum to. be able to lift the teapot to know how. to pour it into the cup I had to do this.

in my elbow you know because I mean come. on then. he comes in. goalie how lovely to see you I'll be. right back goes into his room he comes. back in a dressing gown he limped a. little H so then he goes he sits down we. have a. conversation I then started getting. worried about his ladies pouring his tea.

so I explained to him that I just got. here from New York and I've been dancing. and I've got a really good family and I. wanted him to think well of me so I. wasn't one of those girls and I told him. that you know my mom you know she Daddy. was really interested me working is he. was such support but um you know my mom. really wanted me to end up marrying a. Jewish dentist and that's kind of the. way it worked right and so uh that was. great and he said well okay so now I'm. reading for him he was very legit he.

said look you're projecting too much so. remember there's microphones and now I'm. reading this part that I don't remember. who she was and then he said now I'd. like you to go over to the the end of. the room and I want you just just make. me the camera so I can get an idea and. just you know look a little stupid I. mean look look look kind of you know. like you're just um H just you know and. like an. imbecile so now I'm trying to you know. work on this and going okay I have to.

look like an imbecile so I'm gonna take. the beads and put it out on my I like. pop beads on the 60 and I put him in my. mouth and I walked toward him and looked. just stupid I mean I was just trying to. look like what girl and and now I'm. looking at him and now he said to me now. you know what you could play Daisy may. now I did Lil Abner in school I know. that play backwards and forwards all the.

music no I was not Daisy may very Buxom. you know shorts you know really sexy you. know one of those and so I thought I'm. this isn't this is weird so he said I'd. like you to put I'd like to see your. legs oh my God so I went over by this. Smoky mirror and now keep in mind. dancers are not. shy I mean we we dance with you know. things on and whatever so when you're. dancing Ing and you're doing go- go.

which I did I danced on tables too is. that you shake it you do it you you know. you got and you have like hi got. leotards and you you know you change in. the thing the in the wings you know you. you're fine you got your underpants on. you're covered whatever so I wasn't shy. but I was dubious and so now I remember. I know exactly what I was wearing it's. amazing when you had these moments it. was a pink knit maybe mini beginning. mini not much just over the top top of. the knees and now I pull my skirt up.

just a little bit he said more so I. pulled it up another. inch and he said. higher and I said no that's it I'm done. he said okay he said Goldie come on over. here so I go over he has now taking out. his. penis it was I mean I'm telling you it. was not a pretty picture I mean I love. penises but I mean this was not a good. one and. and it was flipped.

over this his situ it's basically was a. wooden leg so he limped and the reason. is is that you know he had a wooden leg. he bless his heart he didn't have a. thing but he did have another leg and. that leg he said now come over here and. give me a little. kiss and I looked at him I looked at his. LM other limb I looked his. woodenly I came back and I said Mr Cat. I will never get a job like this wow I.

will never do that he said well I've had. them all you're going to go nowhere in. this business I've had them all you name. it he said so it's done and I said okay. and I was upset because but I was. getting it on the way you know so I got. you know and then I said okay I said I. better get going because I'm going to be. late for my work at the World's. Fair and he threw $20 at me and he said. said take a.

cab and I went out there and I went. there I did all my show that was a huge. show we did it wasn't just a can can it. was 40 minutes of dancing straight I. mean truly hard and I'm trying to shake. The Fringe it's black Fringe I'm trying. to do all this stuff and I was like. bereaved the fow that I had been seeing. a bit was down below basically was the. ball tender he CAU he said listen let's. let's let me take you out for a drink. now I said okay so we went back to to.

the oniv which was just by the 59 Street. bridge and it was a basically a bar and. I sat there at the bar and one of his. friends came. up his friend had a car and it was about. 2:30 in the. morning and we was driving us. home and we gone Westside. Highway and this is all in one day we. were pushed over by a taxi cab into a. light pole at that time the Westside. Highway was horrible and we crashed I.

saw it coming I went underneath the. dashboard it was a no bucket seats in. those days no seat belts I was in the. middle the two guys were on either side. of me we hit this light pole I was. knocked out I I remember that there was. somebody pulling at me and asking to is. she. alive and they cut everything to try to. get to me boys I don't I know what was. happening to the boys they took me to.

the hospital the ambulance I guess I. don't remember any of it and I woke up. with a nurse trying to get X-rays and. you know I vomited all over her and she. was so mean by by the way she said you. know you're just had the dry heaves you. know and then of course I didn't and now. my my friend came in he had a gash on. his nose the other fellow that was. driving had a gash in his. knee I had a g little gash in my leg and. a concussion.

only God could have saved us from that. only. God and as it turned. out to end this particular story I call. I woke up in my apartment that I do not. remember going. into I woke up to the phone ringing and. it happened to be this fell he said the. one who connected you to yeah Peter yeah.

so Peter said you everything up. didn't you I told you to be nice to him. I told you to do this and you. everything up and I said. Peter go back to Tuesday Weld and leave. me alone Jesus I then made it to the. bathroom I was so dizzy I I threw up. again and then I realized I had nobody. in New York I didn't have the only. number I had the new number I had was. his. so I picked up the phone and by the.

grace of God I remembered that. number and I called him back up and I. said Peter I'm sorry but I was in a. really bad accident last. night and I'm alone and he was just. horrified he hung up he came to my house. he lived right down the street to my. apartment and he had roses and he said. oh I'm so sorry he said I'm just a pimp. for Al cap and you're such a nice person. he took me to the hospital he pretty.

much he admitted it he wow yes and and. he was 26 years old and I was 19 so he. was a kid after that my mom came for two. weeks and then until I started you know. feeling better I'm going to jump to. something really crazy right now because. it'll end the story truly end the. story when I go places I like to see. holy places I like to see people who. might have a gift of the future I'm I'm.

interested in all the things like you. said and so I was now with Kurt we had. made protocol Kurt had made another. movie we decided to go to Nepal do some. hiking came back went to Thailand and. now we're in Thailand and I said to. someone that we had met there from he's. I would love to find um someone a. psychic or something we went to the the. you know all the beautiful places but we.

went and met this guy his name was sunny. young man he sat down at a Thai. restaurant where we met him and he's. looking at me looking at all the things. he starts writing they were all. geometrics and he looked at me and he. said did you almost die when you were. around. 19 and I said no no I I didn't he said. it's written you you just think back and. then I remembered my accident and I.

remembered that I let like left my body. and saw I got the chills and saw myself. being pulled out and all of that and I. thought I. wonder if that was meant to happen and. then I went back to my body cuz I then. said to him I said no actually I was in. a really bad accident ah I said because. it says that you're life changed very.

quickly after that and I did I went to. LA I got I had a job in La I cut my hair. I went to think I danced in Vegas next. thing I come back I'm excited I I got a. job dancing on the Andy Griffith and. show and thing and I was like home free. and it was amazing and I was going to be. used Nick Castle was a choreographer I'm. going to use you in everything and so an. agent comes up to me on the show.

Services the. shows and I was just with 12 beautiful. girls and he asked me do you have an. agent and I said I don't really and he. said I'd like to talk to you and of. course do I trust men at that point not. really so I figured it was just that guy. it was like I'm not really I'm going to. the William mors office you got to be. kidding he they called are you coming. we're expecting you whatever this is. after the show is over and I said oh I I.

Oh you mean this is real you mean he. really does want to see me and and and. well you get over here you know uh we're. at William Mars we're all waiting for. you and so I I get in my car which by. the way the car was like 54 Ford and. every time I made a right hand turn the. leftand door opened. so so I it's kind of a signal it works. like a signal I mean I I used to you. know just one hand make a right hand.

turn I couldn't do left hands or that. you know I get up there I go to William. Mars they all sitting there and all the. agents are sitting there and they're. just adorable they're all you know they. all have Jaguars is all I can say they. all had Jaguars and they were sitting. there and then my this young agent said. I have a feeling about her cut to they. said well if you sign her you go and. sign her if you believe in her you know. and I don't have I don't say a word so. now next thing I know you put me up for. this thing oh she's too young young for. that she she shouldn't be in that he.

said I just want them to see her now. this was you know py and denov these are. all you know big people big funny people. and this was a three three camera show I. go in there I do the audition I come out. I go. home my agent called my new agent and he. said you got the part is this good. morning world yes yes okay I have a. brother Neil and my listeners are. probably familiar with Neil and he knows. everything everything about television. especially 60s 70s everything and he's.

always bringing up the thing that you. don't expect him to say and so I say I'm. really excited because I'm going to talk. to Goan tomorrow when he went oh my God. because he loves you he's like oh my God. that's amazing that's that's fantastic. and there's 75 things that are huge hits. that people associate with Goldie Han. and he says ask her about good morning. world oh my god with Ronnie shell oh my. God and I'm like what any yes oh my God.

good morning world I have all nine. episodes and and I said you know what I. might and then I'm thinking no I'm not. and then you bring me like you say. there's a magic in the world exactly so. I know about the sitcom you got that was. before you got laughingly which turned. you like which blew up crazy I mean. really that is so insane the fact that. my brother Neil he's always doing that. if I said oh and it goes See Jane fondy. he'll say well ask her about you know.

the time that she was on Have Gun Will. Travel as a 13-year-old opposite Bert. must and I'll be like what oh yeah no. 1959 she was great she said help help. get the. sherff I'm like what well how about all. the other Jane FAA did oh yeah okay. you can ask her about that but anyway. that's so cool that you brought that up. so nobody knows about that uh Neil does. I mean now now one person God bless you. Neil yeah oh my God but um but you know.

I everything you're talking about I mean. uh first of all you know we live in this. new reality now thank God I hope where. everything that happened to you. is crazily actionable it's it's uh we. we' like to think that that's over but. the fact that that was just a part of. the life of 19-year-old attractive.

blonde who comes from a really good. family and is just trying to make it and. that's that's yeah that happens oh yeah. well what H you know that's just part of. it is absolutely uh insane and and and. kind of devastating that that was just a. regular part of the world oh definitely. I mean it was like my mother wrote me a. letter and she. said I'm very happy sweetheart but. remember only you can make people care.

about you your producers don't matter. and there's this little thing called the. casting couch mhm and she said just be. aware of that because the one person. that has to make it is you you have to. be prepared you have to be good enough. to know that you'll be the one that the. audience will. applaud it's not about your. producer so we I had a work ethic yeah I.

also a year later just as a coded to. this story a guy stops me on 8th Avenue. as I'm going down to a another. audition he stops me his name is Jeff. tler and he said stop listen I gotta I. got to tell you something you look like. just you look like a character that. alcap just created and I want to talk to. you about it oh no oh boy and I yelled. at him and I said don't don't come to me. with that I know exactly who you are I.

was I was taken by another pimp just. like you I said so I'm not I'm not. interested and he said can I buy you a. hamburger and I said yes because I. didn't have any money yeah you always. say yes to a hamburger I mean please. when do you turn that down yeah so while. I was eating the hamburger I said I just. want to say one thing to you I live at. 888th Avenue and you put a contract in. my. mailbox because I'm not doing this I.

then go to audition to be a Copa. girl and there he is and I went over to. him and I said I'm telling every girl. here who you are yeah you know what I'm. saying it's kind of. like when we have ethics you know those. are ethics those are stand up and be. counted yeah and I was Fearless about. what I believe to be ethical and true. and and I guess at the end of the day.

it's who we are yeah it's Who We Are.