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" 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. "
Me
Eating
Goal
" 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. "
Down
Back
Street
" A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable. "
Your
Nothing
Distance
" As soon as they sent me an email saying that 'Stranger Things' is having an audition and they'd like you to come in, I just thought, 'Oh boy, this might be fated.' I hadn't really watched the show, but I binged it and fell in love with it. "
Saying
Me
Love
" By 14, I had decided on three modest goals and repeated them often to everyone. I wanted to be a world-class filmmaker, CEO of a multi-billion-dollar entertainment company, and president of the United States. I've had to settle for journeyman actor. "
Company
Goals
Three
" Even though my parents were famous actors, I honestly felt most of the time that I didn't understand what was going on. "
Understand
Parents
Famous
" Everyone on 'The Goonies' and everyone on 'Lord Of The Rings' knew that we were a part of something that was going to be big. "
Rings
Knew
Everyone
" I absolutely do not think that I have even a vague recollection of what normal life is like. "
Think
Vague
Even
" I actually think I've got a pretty good horror scream. "
Pretty
Good
Got
" 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. "
Performance
Loved
Kind
" 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?' "
Three
Missing
Like
" I don't like scary movies. "
Movies
Like
Scary Movies
" I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life. "
Rest
Friend
Life
" I don't want to use the word 'instinct,' but when something good happens - something big or good in my life - I have this sensation that it was inevitable. Anything careerwise, 'Lord of the Rings,' 'Rudy,' or getting married. Which is weird, because you don't ever want to be ungrateful for what you have. "
Good
Life
My Life
" I feel like I'm close to all the 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Goonies' people, but I'm kind of sequestered with my wife and kids. But as soon as there's some reason for all of us to be together, it's like no time has passed, lots of hugs. "
Feel
Time
Wife
" I first heard about 'Stranger Things' from people dressed as the characters coming up to me at conventions saying, 'Hey, you have to see this show. It's 'Goonies.' "
See
Me
Dressed
" If you're not the guy who is going to puff your chest out like a rooster and go fight somebody, our society discards you. "
Fight
Going
Go
" 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. "
Determination
Focus
Discipline
" I'm just a softie at heart, a scaredy cat. "
Cat
Just
Heart
" 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. "
Like
Universe
Taken
" I'm much more prone to feeling down a lot. I just feel sluggish and unmotivated. "
Down
More
Much
" I'm not smart enough to play 'Dungeons & Dragons.' Maybe if someone were to take me by the hand and slowly and carefully walk me through. "
Me
Walk
Someone
" I remember Michael Jackson once called to see if I was feeling okay because I had gone home sick from the set of 'Goonies'; they'd shut down production for a couple days. I was so excited he called, but he didn't leave his number. "
Sick
Remember
Feeling
" I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me. "
Take For Granted
Think
Me
" 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. "
Me
Money
Think
" I think that I have a seriousness of purpose, a lot of support, and a healthy amount of good fortune. "
Think
Support
Purpose
" 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. "
Think
Sports
Love
" I used to love watching Angela Lansbury and other people when they were doing voice-overs for Disney shows. You'd see them doing these wild gestures in front of the microphone. I used to think, 'Is that really necessary?' What you realize when you're doing it is that that's the only way. "
People
Wild
Doing
" I've got a body of work now, I've been doing movies for 32 years, and you never know which movie it is that somebody might reference to you, so you've got to be ready for everything. "
You
Know
Work
" I've worked with some of the greatest filmmakers in the history of the medium, and they all have something in common: a quality that is creative, comfortable, and thoughtful. "
Creative
History
Quality
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