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
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.
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.
enemy world becoming
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.
space people wanted
People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us.
gossip-girl gossip hallucinations
With friends like these, who needs hallucinations?
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?
able depth life-is
One life is worth the universe. Poe was able to go right into the very depth of life and to demonstrate this.
character might association
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.
world normal mental-illness
The world is, for the most part, a collective madhouse, and practically everyone, however "normal" his facade, is faking sanity.
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.
moving thinking later-in-life
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.
feelings doe looks
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.
yoga exercise work-out
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.
students
Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.