Tommy Rettig Quotes

A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then.
Tommy Rettig

Friends, Around, Fooling

I had always turned it down-to me, smoking pot was absolutely the worst thing in the world. I thought of it as an addiction, and all my friends who smoked it, I felt they really needed help.
Tommy Rettig

Help, Thought, Friends

It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection.
Tommy Rettig

Life, Acceptance, Rejection

Acid wasn't getting a whole lot of bad press at the time, and as I saw the whole bad-press thing happen, I became aware that the government had done a whole lie on all the other benign drugs as well. It became clear to me that the government wanted no real drug education.
Tommy Rettig

Education, Time, Government

I wanted to go to regular high school - it looked like a lot of fun.
Tommy Rettig

School, Fun, Wanted

I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.
Tommy Rettig

Wanted, Normal, Childhood

I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties.
Tommy Rettig

Thought, Actor, Though

I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide.
Tommy Rettig

Tried, Four, Tide

Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life?
Tommy Rettig

Life, Great, Thought

My mom was a Democrat and I was scared to death that she was gonna blow it. First I was going to hell with Monroe, and now to Republican hell with Nixon.
Tommy Rettig

Death, Mom, Hell

Once in a while there was some TV offer and I'd take it.
Tommy Rettig

Once, While, Tv

So, in the last year, the whole cast sued for release from our contracts.
Tommy Rettig

Whole, Last, Year

The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it.
Tommy Rettig

Put, Kids, Pedestal

Then l learned to play guitar and l started writing songs and my mother formed for me a publishing business, so we started publishing and managing artists.
Tommy Rettig

Business, Mother, Writing

There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day.
Tommy Rettig

Big, Between, Somebody

Well, I went to school with Jan and Dean, Ryan O'Neal, some of the Beach Boys we all use to party together.
Tommy Rettig

School, Together, Party

Yeah, dog was this man's best friend, for sure.
Tommy Rettig

Best, Friend, Sure

Yes, there was nothing else to do to get you high. I mean, there was, but white kids didn't hear about it.
Tommy Rettig

Nothing, Mean, Else

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 10, 1941

Died: February 15, 1996

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