John Astin
John Astin
John Allen Astinis an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows, as well as a television director and voice artist and is known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, and having been married to actress Patty Duke...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth30 March 1930
CountryUnited States of America
backs knees legs until upside
There was one where Gomez was on a Trapeze hanging by the legs upside down. I remember how much the backs of my knees would hurt until I got used to it. It was hard.
chant positions replaced sort
I get into certain yoga positions at times, when I'm 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.
feedback positive
The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon.
care convey people pick subtle
If you do something and you really care and you want to convey something in a subtle way, there are people out there that are going to pick up on it.
intuition development instinct
There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings.
thinking answers missions
I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.
truth live-your-life ifs
If you live your life in truth, the truth will out.
dad math thinking
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.
space people wanted
People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us.
song artist ideas
United Artists wanted to do records with me. I had no idea, what a rare thing that was... to make an album. And they put a guy with me working on songs, and I got busy with films. I just kind of let it slide. Isn't that amazing?
struggle want sometimes
Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to know how I felt. I want to get this across, and it's not very easy.
tough upside-down sometimes
Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing.
students
Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.
appreciation giving people
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.