Benjamin McKenzie was "awful" waiter

Benjamin McKenzie has revealed that he was an "awful" waiter before his career in acting took off.

The former O.C. star told Just Jared that he was extremely clumsy when serving on people.

"[I worked at] one restaurant and it doesn't exist anymore... Terrible. I was absolutely awful. Really bad. Very poor multi-tasker. I can do one thing if I'm concentrating on it, but that's about it," he explained.

"One table would get great service and everyone else was sort of screwed. A lot of spilling - I was awful!"

However, the actor added that none of his customers ever got mad at his lack of skill.

"Everybody was very sweet, I have to say. I remember spilling various things on people, luckily never red wine. I think I spilled a glass of milk, which was unusual that we were even serving milk to someone," he added. "It was not my proudest moment. They say some actors are born to be waiters - I definitely couldn't do what they do."