Top 100 Astin Quotes
#1. I went to The Miller School of Albemarle, just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. As a kid, I really loved the movie 'Toy Soldiers' starring Sean Astin and Lou Gossett Jr., and when I found out they filmed that movie at the Miller School, I was excited to go there.
Scott Haze
#2. He looked at the white pills in his hand. 'Astin', Eddie called it. No, that wasn't quite right, but Roland couldn't pronounce the word as the prisoner had said it. Medicine was what it came down to. Medicine from that other world.
Stephen King
#3. If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people.
Mackenzie Astin
#4. I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tell me not to talk about it in interviews. Why not? That's what everybody thinks about.
Sean Astin
#5. My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.
John Astin
#6. The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook.
Sean Astin
#7. I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline.
Sean Astin
#8. I get into certain yoga positions at times, when I'm working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it.
John Astin
#9. And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.
Mackenzie Astin
#10. You definitely have to be focused at certain times in your life and in your career, but at the end of the day, there's only so much you can do. Then you just have to chock it up to fate.
Skylar Astin
#11. I worked on dramas before, I love sinking my teeth into something dramatic or a period piece, but there's something so fun about doing a comedy. When you go to set and your only job is to make people laugh, there's an unbelievable energy on set.
Skylar Astin
#12. There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings. And to Poe ... well, a great logician could be an enemy to him, what he called conventional world reason.
John Astin
#13. I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around.
John Astin
#14. I'm much more prone to feeling down a lot. I just feel sluggish and unmotivated.
Sean Astin
#15. It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm.
John Astin
#16. There is nothing as special as watching greatness.
Sean Astin
#17. I have never read a review for anything I have ever done, be it for theater or movies, just because. I am really good about that. And YouTube comments. People will hide behind that.
Skylar Astin
#18. My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true.
John Astin
#19. The sidekick business has been good to me.
Sean Astin
#20. I like that 'Pitch Perfect' is one of my first forays into film and just being seen in that kind of light, aside from some people who know me from 'Spring Awakening' or the other things that I've done. I think in so many ways it's kind of like my own 'Glee' or 'Smash'.
Skylar Astin
#21. I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.
John Astin
#22. There is something good about the character of Gomez. I wouldn't trade the association with him for anything or any role that I might have missed.
John Astin
#23. There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
Mackenzie Astin
#24. I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life.
Sean Astin
#25. Where is the boundary between your thoughts and feelings and my thoughts and feelings? Where does it end - the outer layer of epidermis? If you look at the body as energy - not matter - maybe there's a possibility we as human beings are more connected to one another than we realize.
John Astin
#26. I'm definitely lucky to have been included in some of the perks of my brother's connections in the fashion world. It's helpful considering I'm still like a five-year-old when it comes to shopping.
Skylar Astin
#27. The thing about a pick-up line is, even if it works, then what? I just figure you unapologetically be yourself, and if it works, cool.
Skylar Astin
#28. Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.
John Astin
#29. I'm like the universe; either expanding or contracting at any given moment. The most that I had put on was about 35, 36 pounds, and I've taken all of that off.
Sean Astin
#30. I definitely loved going on stage, I loved the nervous feeling and the performance and the doing-ness of it. It always felt kind of natural and inevitable and logical.
Sean Astin
#31. It's in our own lives, every single day, whether we recognize it as funny at the moment or not.
Sean Astin
#32. My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.
Skylar Astin
#33. One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express.
John Astin
#34. It is important to make the fans that support me feel supported.
Mackenzie Astin
#35. It's shocking how sophisticated little kids can be, when it comes to behaving in a professional manner, and that's a credit to their parents.
Sean Astin
#36. Hollywood, young or otherwise, is a very trend-driven town, and that can get a little out of hand at times. I just try to stay true to my own personal taste - incorporating my personality while not taking myself too seriously.
Skylar Astin
#37. The world is, for the most part, a collective madhouse, and practically everyone, however "normal" his facade, is faking sanity.
John Astin
#38. I came to feel as protective of Elijah as Sam does of Frodo .. In turn, Elijah helped me discover a lot about myself and I literally might not have survived the journey had this young prince of an actor not taken me under his wing.
Sean Astin
#39. Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!
Mackenzie Astin
#40. I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
Mackenzie Astin
#41. And I found I didn't like myself at the end of the day because I didn't care for the guy I was playing. I learned a little bit about acting in that.
Mackenzie Astin
#42. I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.
Mackenzie Astin
#43. My career is very easy to interpret. It's about working. I'm a working actor, so that's how I see myself.
Sean Astin
#44. A lot of times, actors and directors don't want to repeat something. I don't think we're repeating something, but I think there's certainly a genre that we're in, and we're happy to embrace it.
Skylar Astin
#45. I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
Mackenzie Astin
#46. United Artists wanted to do records with me. I had no idea, what a rare thing that was ... to make an album. And they put a guy with me working on songs, and I got busy with films. I just kind of let it slide. Isn't that amazing?
John Astin
#47. My wife is very patient. On our honeymoon in 1992, we got a motor home and drove from L.A. to Idaho and then down the coast. I was running a lot, then so she would drop me off, drive six miles, park and wait for me.
Sean Astin
#48. My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation.
Sean Astin
#49. It's hard to say. I don't want to limit myself by saying one thing or another. I couldn't have imagined the path that these past five years have taken me, so I guess I'll just give a safe answer and say that I hope to be elected as the president of the United States in 2016.
Skylar Astin
#50. It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!
Mackenzie Astin
#51. The world is a collective madhouse, its inhabitants are merely faking sanity. It is critical to becoming aware of these aberrations, for pretensions can be the enemy of love.
John Astin
#52. I was about 14, and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son - who was more into basketball - didn't want to. It was amazing, and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.
Sean Astin
#54. A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right.
Sean Astin
#55. It's just fun to be on a movie set and looking to find the comedy in sweet, simple family moments.
Sean Astin
#56. I had a couple of experiences as a kid with animals where I hurt them, kind of unintentionally, and when I saw that a human being can hurt an animal it really affected me. And my kids ... they became animal rights activists.
Sean Astin
#57. I always separate myself from reviews, but tweets and Instagram comments, they go directly to my phone. It's hard to keep up.
Skylar Astin
#58. I was open to anything. That doesn't mean I would do anything, it just means I was open to anything. I've met for dramas, single camera comedy, multi-camera comedy. I take each script as an individual project.
Skylar Astin
#59. A paparazzo once jumped out of a car and started running backward with me. I slowed down out of courtesy because she started drifting into the street. I reached out my hand and moved her back so she didn't get hit by a bus.
Sean Astin
#60. I cannot sing karaoke because it's hard and weird. If I actually tried to sing, I would probably sound good, and I think that's weird and not fun.
Skylar Astin
#61. I don't believe in pick-up lines because I've always been very comfortable in my own skin.
Skylar Astin
#62. The hybrid I have now is one of the least expensive cars I've ever had. I had a BMW 318i convertible once, the ultimate driving machine.
Sean Astin
#63. One life is worth the universe. Poe was able to go right into the very depth of life and to demonstrate this.
John Astin
#64. The first stage I preformed on were the stairs to the hallway in the living room. There was a really nice platform, and when people were sitting in the living room, it was kind of an elevated platform and we would put on shows and skits.
Sean Astin
#65. At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he was looked upon with admiration by some people, but also as an oddball. But that was his point.
John Astin
#66. I do like to dress up and look nice, and I'm inspired by people who do the same - people who express themselves through how they dress.
Skylar Astin
#67. I told another ESPN friend here, I love all sports. I can't think of any I don't love. I've even come to appreciate cricket. Maybe I could play a sportswriter. I don't know. Anything in the sports realm is appealing.
Sean Astin
#69. Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing.
John Astin
#70. I think that I am willing to do anything. I like to collaborate. If my voice will be heard, than I will do some research and think about it.
Skylar Astin
#71. I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are.
John Astin
#72. When I am working it is up early and coffee and 15 hours of being on the set. When I am not working, it is up late and coffee, golf or softball and hopefully a ball game on the television.
Mackenzie Astin
#73. I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
Mackenzie Astin
#74. A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable.
Sean Astin
#75. My dad was a Buddhist when I was young. So, at a point when I begging become Catholic he was saying "no" and imparting Buddhist precepts.
Sean Astin
#76. I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me.
Sean Astin
#77. I don't take myself too seriously. I think that's something so many actors and people in general tend to do.
Skylar Astin
#78. If you live your life in truth, the truth will out.
John Astin
#79. I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
Mackenzie Astin
#80. There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.
Mackenzie Astin
#81. I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?'
Sean Astin
#82. There was a combination of not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, but also really not wanting to be stuck in Lord of the Rings for the rest of my life, and being desperate to kind of make sure that I could do something else with my life.
Sean Astin
#83. With friends like these, who needs hallucinations?
John Astin
#84. I think people really want to be happy.
John Astin
#85. I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.
John Astin
#86. There was one where Gomez was on a Trapeze hanging by the legs upside down. I remember how much the backs of my knees would hurt until I got used to it. It was hard.
John Astin
#87. I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I wouldn't want to inspire any violence on anyone.
Mackenzie Astin
#88. The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon.
John Astin
#89. I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
Mackenzie Astin
#90. The 1990s, in New York at least, were all about who could have the baggiest pants, and I definitely got swept up in that fad. Luckily, it didn't last long - but I've made sure that my pants fit ever since.
Skylar Astin
#91. Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to know how I felt. I want to get this across, and it's not very easy.
John Astin
#92. When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too.
Mackenzie Astin
#93. People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us.
John Astin
#94. People are smarter than you might think.
John Astin
#95. The jealousy I feel twards Orlando Bloom exists on many levels..
Sean Astin
#96. Every day you've got running shoes on, it's a good day.
Sean Astin
#97. The themes Poe used were universal and timeless. As long as the English language exists at all, we will be able to appreciate what he did. It will not age! It will not become dated!
John Astin
#98. Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?
Mackenzie Astin
#99. I loved doing Cee Lo's Bright Lights in the Big City. That was definitely a favorite of mine, because I love to get all soulful. And a close second would be Flo Rida's Right Round, because I could rap, which I've never really done before.
Skylar Astin
#100. I want longevity. I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I want to continue to do good work and projects that inspire me, and if I can have fun while doing it, that's the dream.
Skylar Astin
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