Sir Patrick Stewart Was Told He Was "Born To Wear Wigs" | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

you talk about and this is a fascinating. part and when you're a teenager this. would be traumatic for a lot of people. you start going bald as a teenager and. you're completely bald you said almost. by the age 19 20 21 somewhere around. there and you just decided I'm going to. make this work for me because you. realized I'm the per wigs I I'm the. perfect I can wear any wig in the world. now because I am an actor and I play. different parts to to make that an asset.

when and it has been an I mean it's it's. uh it's you to figure that out I think. it's such a big thing in life to when. you're when you're dealt a certain card. to say I'm going to make this work for. me and it has worked beautifully yes it. has it nevertheless wasn't easy as a in. my late teens to find that I was losing. my hair and I lost it so quickly and I. come from a family of bald men mhm my. brothers my father my grand grandfather.

actually no Freedom had hair a lot of. hair his name was Freedom barlu now. that's Victorian if ever there that's. fantastic pardon that's fantastic it is. yes um. but one of the things I very quickly. realized because I'm I'm quite. interested in. economics um Brent Spiner calls it um my. poverty mentality m mhm he said you were.

poor when you were little and you've. never ever got past that point part of. you is still stuck in the poverty region. and uh I think that he was right and. I I so losing my hair felt like a. failure MH and. also you know dating. yeah who wants to go out with a an. 18yearold who's just got a.

few and I I used to do all this combing. it over you know and then uh one day uh. a director I was working with who was. very very conscious of costs said to me. oh no no no you're two actors for the. price of one oh my. God these are okay yeah that's right. with any with wigs we can get through. three rolls out of you yeah that's.

fantastic exactly and I've had some. Sensational wigs in my in my lifetime. really because you know they say the wig. maker says you were born to wear wigs. you know maybe it's not the biggest. compliment you were born to wear a. mask what right right. right so you so you you're moving up in. the world you're making your way you.

moved to London and there's a part in. the book because you had led this very. sheltered life in mirfield and you had. been taught all these stereotypes and. one of the stereotypes you'd been taught. was don't trust the. Irish and um you move into a flat and. there's some Irishmen no it was it was a. lodging house lodging house okay first. of all I still believe don't trust the. Irish solid advice and I'm 100% so I am. you come to this wonderful Revelation.

that no that's wrong these are wonderful. people I think whoever told you don't. trust the Irish was spot on but we'll. let that go for now um I'm glad you had. a good experience with them I had a. wonderful experience there were all. young men they'd mostly come from the. west coast of Ireland um and they. because they needed work at that time in. the late' 40s there was a there was a. job shortage significant one and people.

were people were dying because they. couldn't feed themselves right and all. these young guys had come over to London. to get work and they were all working on. building sites they were laborers uh. nobody was a. skilled Constructor they were they were. laborers. and they welcomed me into the I shared a. bedroom with one it was two in single. beds yeah and uh over the first night.

when we had dinner uh one of them he he. introduced me to everybody around they. were all Irish and he said listen when. when dinner's over we go out cuz there's. a pub around the corner that's very. Irish friendly and he said your name is. Patrick I mean it couldn't be. better we can introduce you to anyone. put on this leprechaun wig yeah that's. right.