When he was three, his busy parents put him under the care of his maternal grandparents, whose house was in the vicinity of three Cantonese-language movie theaters.
三歲時忙碌的父母將他交給外公、外婆照顧，外公家附近有三家戲院，有的演粵語片、有的演邵氏電影、有的演西片或日片。