Malcolm-Jamal Warner held his mother’s words dear to him until his last breath
The Cosby show Alun, who recently tragically died by drowning at the age of 54 during a family vacation in Costa Rica, shared his mother Pamela Warner’s advice and how he held on to it throughout his acting career.
“I probably think the biggest influence – and I’m talking about this all the time and I’ll probably continue to talk about this until my dying day – my mother. I think she really had the most influence on me,” he told people a year ago his untimely death.
Malcolm-Jamal continued to say, “When the Cosby show first hit and out of the box, it was this phenomenon … I was 14 years old and my mom put me down and said, ‘Listen baby, it’s nice that this show is the phenomenon that it is, but at one point this show will be over. This show could be over next year.
Pamela told her son that although she had other skills to trust, he had to think about how to build a long -standing career in acting and beyond.
“She pointed out, ‘If you look at someone in this business that has had a long life, they have had periods when they were hot and periods they were not.’ She said, ‘If long life is what you want in this business, decide what you want to do in the times when you’re not hot so you’re not out there making desperate career choices,’ “he noted.
It is relevant to mention that Malcolm-Jamal is known for his work in The Cosby show And also famous for sitcom Malcolm & Eddie It ran from 1996 to 2000.
