Walton Goggins
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I've always kind of had the moniker that Walton raised himself. Yeah. And what I mean by that is it wasn't neglect. It was the opposite. There were always people around. It was like a village. I was raised by a village of people.
Yeah, I mean, you know, my mother wasn't, you know, young, young when she had me. I mean, she had me at, I think she was 23 or something like that. But, you know, my parents got divorced when I was three. And, you know, we lived in Decatur, Georgia, you know, downtown, a little duplex. And then eventually we, you know, got this little house out in Lithia Springs, Georgia.
Yeah, I mean, you know, my mother wasn't, you know, young, young when she had me. I mean, she had me at, I think she was 23 or something like that. But, you know, my parents got divorced when I was three. And, you know, we lived in Decatur, Georgia, you know, downtown, a little duplex. And then eventually we, you know, got this little house out in Lithia Springs, Georgia.
Yeah, I mean, you know, my mother wasn't, you know, young, young when she had me. I mean, she had me at, I think she was 23 or something like that. But, you know, my parents got divorced when I was three. And, you know, we lived in Decatur, Georgia, you know, downtown, a little duplex. And then eventually we, you know, got this little house out in Lithia Springs, Georgia.
And, you know, it was everything for my mom to buy a house. And but with that, my mom just had a lot of great friends.
And, you know, it was everything for my mom to buy a house. And but with that, my mom just had a lot of great friends.
And, you know, it was everything for my mom to buy a house. And but with that, my mom just had a lot of great friends.
Yeah, you know, yeah. No, we didn't go to see a lot of movies. I mean, we went to some seminal movies, but it wasn't certainly a big part of our life. I mean, we had a television, you know, I mean, Sanford and Son and, you know, The Jeffersons and TBS. Those were the ones you were watching? And The Braves, you know. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
Yeah, you know, yeah. No, we didn't go to see a lot of movies. I mean, we went to some seminal movies, but it wasn't certainly a big part of our life. I mean, we had a television, you know, I mean, Sanford and Son and, you know, The Jeffersons and TBS. Those were the ones you were watching? And The Braves, you know. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
Yeah, you know, yeah. No, we didn't go to see a lot of movies. I mean, we went to some seminal movies, but it wasn't certainly a big part of our life. I mean, we had a television, you know, I mean, Sanford and Son and, you know, The Jeffersons and TBS. Those were the ones you were watching? And The Braves, you know. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
Still watch them, you know, but but yeah, so we didn't didn't have a lot of screens kind of growing up. That really wasn't a big a big part of our life. My my my aunt Joan and her husband, my uncle Mark, they were both actors in the theater and in a regional kind of equity equity theater space.
Still watch them, you know, but but yeah, so we didn't didn't have a lot of screens kind of growing up. That really wasn't a big a big part of our life. My my my aunt Joan and her husband, my uncle Mark, they were both actors in the theater and in a regional kind of equity equity theater space.
Still watch them, you know, but but yeah, so we didn't didn't have a lot of screens kind of growing up. That really wasn't a big a big part of our life. My my my aunt Joan and her husband, my uncle Mark, they were both actors in the theater and in a regional kind of equity equity theater space.
usually like all over kind of the south, but they traveled a bit up north, and I grew up watching them on stage.
usually like all over kind of the south, but they traveled a bit up north, and I grew up watching them on stage.
usually like all over kind of the south, but they traveled a bit up north, and I grew up watching them on stage.
But this entire group of people that I'm talking to you about, all of them, like you could just hand the microphone to any one of these people, and they could just command the room for hours, and no one interrupted their story because they just wanted to hear it, and it was just a lot of laughter. And a lot of weed, you know. And they were all deeply empathic people.
But this entire group of people that I'm talking to you about, all of them, like you could just hand the microphone to any one of these people, and they could just command the room for hours, and no one interrupted their story because they just wanted to hear it, and it was just a lot of laughter. And a lot of weed, you know. And they were all deeply empathic people.
But this entire group of people that I'm talking to you about, all of them, like you could just hand the microphone to any one of these people, and they could just command the room for hours, and no one interrupted their story because they just wanted to hear it, and it was just a lot of laughter. And a lot of weed, you know. And they were all deeply empathic people.
And they wore their emotions on their sleeve. And they always cared about other people.