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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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Bus, Back, Moved, Drifting

I absolutely do not think that I have even a vague recollection of what normal life is like.

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Think, Normal, Vague, Normal Life

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.

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Young, Imparting, Dad, Precepts

My mother wouldn't let me play football because she was afraid I would get hurt, so I played flag football.

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Football, Play, Flag, Play Football

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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Living, Kind, Hallway, Elevated

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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Like, Holy, Lord, Tolkien

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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Think, Everybody, I Think, Why Not

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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Dressed, Show, About, Conventions

You can't play a hobbit if you're not prepared to be a part of nerd culture.

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Play, Prepared, Hobbit, Nerd

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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Ultimate, Least, Convertible, BMW

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

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Distance, Perfect, Feels, Stride

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

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More, Feel, Lot, Sluggish

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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Start, Kind, How Far, Easing

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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Get Together, Tell, Other, Respectful

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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I Remember, Shut, Couple, None

I don't like scary movies.

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Movies, Scary, Like, Scary Movies

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.

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Love, Thought, Show, Email

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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Love, Doing, Other, Microphone

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, Lot, Amount, Good Fortune

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

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Think, Begun, I Think, Take For Granted

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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Gift, My Life, Wanting, Stuck

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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My Life, Big, Use, Something Good

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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Play, Through, Maybe, Dragons

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

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Moderation, Know, Always, Terrible

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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Like, Expanding, Given, Pounds

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.

- Sean Astin

Entertainment, World-Class, Filmmaker

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.

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News, Trump, Lives, Fake

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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Goal, Doing, Hours, Hardest Part

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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Going, Rooster, Chest, Puff

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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Drop, Very, Motor, Park

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