(on how he got his stage name) "This agent was on the phone with a photographer offering some modeling for a red-haired, freckle-faced boy. I (Phillip Goldberg), who had just walked into the office for the first time with my mother, filled the bill exactly.
The agent covered the phone receiver and asked my mother, "what's his name?"
'Phillip Goldberg' my mom said.
"That won't work," the agent said. "Does he have a nickname?"
'Flip,' she answered.
"That's good," the agent said. "Does he have a middle name?"
'Mark,' she answered.
The agent uncovered the receiver and said, "His name is 'Flip Mark.'"
That's literally how I got the name. It was that fast.".