5 Quotes & Sayings By Christopher Kennedy Lawford

Christopher Kennedy Lawford was an American actor. He was a child actor, the oldest son of actor Peter Lawford and entertainer Pat Kennedy. Christopher Kennedy Lawford was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 20, 1939. He was educated at The Lawrenceville School, graduating in 1957 Read more

In 1956 he began his film career when he starred in his father's film "Gunmen from Hell" at the age of eight. In 1958, Lawford made his Broadway debut in the musical "The Girls Ain't What They Used to Be." After leaving high school, Lawford enrolled at Georgetown University, where he played football for the Georgetown Hoyas football team and graduated with a degree in English in 1961. He then went on to play football for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

In 1966, the seventeen-year-old Lawford was signed by the Boston Patriots of the American Football League (AFL). He spent two years with the team before being traded to the Dallas Cowboys after a dispute over contract renegotiations. The following year, Lawford left professional football to return to acting.

While starring in several films and television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he also continued acting on Broadway and in various television roles into his mid-thirties.

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Human beings have a deep need to bond and form connections. If we can’t connect with each other, we will connect with whatever we can find … It is disconnection that drives addiction. Christopher Kennedy Lawford
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Compassion is the most powerful tool you can have when it comes to healing addictions of any kind. Put simply, what your partner needs most from you is compassion. Christopher Kennedy Lawford
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No one consciously chooses addiction to a substance or behavior over his partner. There are always reasons — powerful ones — why a person retreats into addiction. Christopher Kennedy Lawford
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It is not a coincidence that you and your partner are together. You each have something to learn from one another …. The most important thing you can do to support your partner in his [or her] recovery is to show that you are truly supportive and on his [or her] side. Christopher Kennedy Lawford