A teenage Josh Brolin quickly got humbled by Steven Spielberg while filming 1985's The Goonies. The actor, who's now 56, recently looked back at his early acting days on a recent episode of SiriusXM's Literally!

Josh Brolin is looking back on the advice Steven Spielberg gave him at age 16. Brolin, who had a breakout role in "The Goonies" which Spielberg created the story for, recalled during SiriusXM's "Literally!

Josh Brolin came to the set of 1985's The Goonies with some big ideas — but Steven Spielberg was not interested in hearing them. The actor appeared on the Jan. 30 episode of SiriusXM’s Literally! With Rob Lowe,

As a result, Brolin studied acting by mostly reading books incessantly in order to prove his dedication. This lead to a conversation on the set of The Goonies where Brolin tried to show the film’s producer,