John Astin Professions : Actor Born : March 30, 1930 Browse All Authors Top 31 quotes by John Astin I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are. John Astin figure-skating ghost thinking I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people. John Astin special-people made play 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. John Astin optimistic running believe The world is a collective madhouse, its inhabitants are merely faking sanity. It is critical to becoming aware of these aberrations, for pretensions can be the enemy of love. John Astin aberration becoming enemy I think people really want to be happy. John Astin want people thinking The world is, for the most part, a collective madhouse, and practically everyone, however "normal" his facade, is faking sanity. John Astin mental-illness normal world 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. John Astin dad math thinking Where is the boundary between your thoughts and feelings and my thoughts and feelings? Where does it end - the outer layer of epidermis? If you look at the body as energy - not matter - maybe there's a possibility we as human beings are more connected to one another than we realize. John Astin energy doe feelings My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do. John Astin encouragement dream ideas 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. John Astin lotuses fun long Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible. John Astin students 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. John Astin later-in-life moving thinking One life is worth the universe. Poe was able to go right into the very depth of life and to demonstrate this. John Astin able depth life-is 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. John Astin giving people thinking There is something good about the character of Gomez. I wouldn't trade the association with him for anything or any role that I might have missed. John Astin roles might character People are smarter than you might think. John Astin might people thinking At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he was looked upon with admiration by some people, but also as an oddball. But that was his point. John Astin admiration ravens people I get into certain yoga positions at times, when Im working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it. John Astin work-out yoga exercise 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. John Astin appreciation giving people Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing. John Astin upside-down tough sometimes Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
