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> [I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/i-wanted-to-have-a-normal-childhood-normal-relationships/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

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## More by Tommy Rettig

> [So, in the last year, the whole cast sued for release from our contracts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/so-in-the-last-year-the-whole-cast-sued-for-release-from-our-contracts/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [Once in a while there was some TV offer and I'd take it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/once-in-a-while-there-was-some-tv-offer-and-i-d-take-it/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [Yeah, dog was this man's best friend, for sure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/yeah-dog-was-this-man-s-best-friend-for-sure/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/acid-wasn-t-getting-a-whole-lot-of-bad-press-at-the-time-and-as-i-saw/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/i-wanted-to-have-a-normal-childhood-normal-relationships/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [Well, I went to school with Jan and Dean, Ryan O'Neal, some of the Beach Boys we all use to party together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/well-i-went-to-school-with-jan-and-dean-ryan-o-neal-some-of-the-beach/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/i-was-still-thought-of-as-a-kid-actor-even-though-i-was-in-my-mid/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [Yes, there was nothing else to do to get you high. I mean, there was, but white kids didn't hear about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/yes-there-was-nothing-else-to-do-to-get-you-high-i-mean-there-was-but/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/there-s-a-big-difference-between-somebody-who-does-acid-on-weekends/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [My mom was a Democrat and I was scared to death that she was gonna blow it. First I was going to hell with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/my-mom-was-a-democrat-and-i-was-scared-to-death-that-she-was-gonna/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [Then l learned to play guitar and l started writing songs and my mother formed for me a publishing business, so we started publishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/then-l-learned-to-play-guitar-and-l-started-writing-songs-and-my/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/a-lot-of-my-friends-were-fooling-around-with-drugs-then/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/it-was-the-worst-period-of-my-life-i-had-all-this-gigantic-acceptance/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/i-was-totally-devastated-for-four-years-in-the-mid-60s-when-l-tried/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

> [We each had to spend a week out at Lassie's ranch, and whoever got along best with the dog got the part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-rettig/we-each-had-to-spend-a-week-out-at-lassie-s-ranch-and-whoever-got/)

[Tommy Rettig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-rettig/)

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