Sean 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.

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#2. 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?'

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#3. 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.

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#4. 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.

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#5. It's in our own lives, every single day, whether we recognize it as funny at the moment or not.

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#6. 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.

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#7. 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.

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#8. My career is very easy to interpret. It's about working. I'm a working actor, so that's how I see myself.

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#9. 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.

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#10. My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation.

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#11. The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook.

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#12. 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.

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#13. I'm much more prone to feeling down a lot. I just feel sluggish and unmotivated.

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#14. There is nothing as special as watching greatness.

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#15. The sidekick business has been good to me.

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#16. I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life.

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#17. 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.

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#18. 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.

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#19. The jealousy I feel twards Orlando Bloom exists on many levels..

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#20. Every day you've got running shoes on, it's a good day.

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#21. 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.

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#22. It's just fun to be on a movie set and looking to find the comedy in sweet, simple family moments.

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#23. 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.

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#24. 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.

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#25. 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.

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#26. 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.

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#27. 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.

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#28. 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.

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#29. A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable.

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#30. 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.

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#31. I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me.

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