The veteran actor, 75, was thrilled when "Grace and Frankie" was picked up for a third season - and then floored when he discovered how unhealthy he was during a routine physical, reported Contactmusic.
"When we got the pick-up for season three, the producers told us we all needed to have a complete physical - blood tests, stress tests, the whole nine yards," Martin said.
"And thank God for that, because I found out I was in really bad shape. I could have been dead on a sidewalk somewhere."
"Jane, Lily, Martin and I report for work and basically laugh our way through the entire day," he explains.
"It's such a pleasure at this stage of our lives to finally be over it - over the business and especially over ourselves. We're just glad to be alive. The best, most marvellous thing about our show is that it's a reminder of how precious little time we all have.
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