John Astin Quotes

• I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.

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• We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be.

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• 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?

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• 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.

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• 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!

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing.

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• Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.

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• People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us.

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• People are smarter than you might think.

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• 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.

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• One life is worth the universe. Poe was able to go right into the very depth of life and to demonstrate this.

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• My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That’s what an actor wants to do.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it’s all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.

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• I think people really want to be happy.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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Birth:	30th March, 1930
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

John Allen Astin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, a comedic short film entitled Prelude. He studied mathematics at Washington & Jefferson College. He earned a BA degree in Drama from Johns Hopkins University in 1952. His role in several films include: The Pusher, That Touch of Mink, The Wheeler Dealers, The Spirit Is Willing, Bunny O'Hare, Get to Know Your Rabbit, Freaky Friday, Teen Wolf Too, Night Life, Stepmonster, and The Frighteners. His role in television include: I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (comedy TV series), The Addams Family (TV series), The Pruitts of Southampton (comedy TV series), Operation Petticoat (TV series), Mary (TV series), Mr. Boogedy (TV film), Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (TV series), and School of Life (TV film). He currently teaches both acting and directing in the Theater Arts and Studies Department at Johns Hopkins University.

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