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

- 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.

- Tommy Rettig

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

- 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 this monumental rejection.

- 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 that the government had done …

- Tommy Rettig

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

- Tommy Rettig

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 s…

- Tommy Rettig

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

- Tommy Rettig

I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.

- Tommy Rettig