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" When Trump goes after the media and calls it fake news, he should be impeached - and everyone should say this. But the media lives in fear. "
Sean Astin
News
Fear
Fake
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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. "
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Time
Wife
" My dad was a Buddhist when I was young, so when I was begging to become a Catholic, he was saying no and imparting Buddhist precepts. "
Sean Astin
Saying
Young
Begging
" 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.' "
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Me
Dressed
" You can't play a hobbit if you're not prepared to be a part of nerd culture. "
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Part
Play
Prepared
" 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. "
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Company
Goals
Three
" I want to do more work behind the camera. "
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Behind
More
" 'Lord of the Rings' was 2001, 2002, and 2003, but Twitter didn't start until 2007! "
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Until
Twitter
Start
" 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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Friend
Amazing
Remember
" 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. "
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Me
Walk
Someone
" 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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Three
Missing
Like
" I'm just a softie at heart, a scaredy cat. "
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Cat
Just
Heart
" 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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Determination
Focus
Discipline
" I don't like scary movies. "
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Movies
Like
Scary Movies
" 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. "
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You
Know
Work
" I'm much more prone to feeling down a lot. I just feel sluggish and unmotivated. "
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Down
More
Much
" I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life. "
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Friend
Life
" 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. "
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Rings
Knew
Everyone
" I think that I have a seriousness of purpose, a lot of support, and a healthy amount of good fortune. "
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Think
Support
Purpose
" 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. "
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Sick
Remember
Feeling
" 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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BMW
Now
Machine
" A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable. "
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Your
Nothing
Distance
" My interactions with my family members are all one-to-one. We don't all get together for Thanksgiving dinner. But I can sit and tell any one of them about a conversation that I just had with the other one, and they're all curious and interested and respectful. "
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Family
Thanksgiving
Together
" The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook. "
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Who
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Phone
" 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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Down
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Street
" I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me. "
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