Mackenzie Astin Quotes

When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too.

Mackenzie Astin

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• I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.

  

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• Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.

  

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• I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

  

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• Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.

  

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• If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.

  

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• Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.

  

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• I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

  

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• When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.

  

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  • Done
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• I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.

  

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• I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.

  

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• The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.

  

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• When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too.

  

  Mackenzie Astin
  • Movie
  • Fun
  • Mother