Washington DC, June 27 -- Actor and director Tony Goldwyn shared that before getting a role in the 1990 film 'Ghost', he was an unemployed actor who felt like he "had the plague", according to People.

'Ghost' was among his initial roles, following a string of smaller parts on series including St Elsewhere, Matlock and Designing Women.

The film starred Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, who won an Oscar for her role, and it was also nominated for Best Picture and won the award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

While sharing how important was being part of the 'Ghost' was, Tony said, "Being an unemployed actor, no one, it was like I had the plague."

"It's just so funny," he continued. "You go to ...