If I ever had to cast a movie of my own life, here's how it would go:

James Garner as my dad.  A young James Garner.

A young Deborah Kerr as my mother when she was younger.

My sister would say Doris Roberts for my mother as she is older.

But I would probably say Ellyn Burstyn

Not just any Ellyn Burstyn, the one on Big Love. 

 A cleanshaven Dan Abrams to play my brother

with really natty clothes.

Melissa Sue Anderson would be a ringer for sister #1 when she was younger.

Jennifer Grey to play sister #2. 

No, not that Jennifer Grey.   

And not this one, either.

This one.  Shauna.  The one who was Ferris' sister and got smart with Charlie Sheen. 

Sister #3 is easy, Melissa Gilbert.

Half-Pint was a ringer.  Convenient two of my sisters  come from Little House.

Baby sister, sister #4,  is also easy.

Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God.  

My paternal grandfather is a combination of

and

Willie Nelson and Justin Wilson.  Hoo-eeeee.  Pass the Tabasco.

Grandma would be a young Bea Arthur.

For my maternal grandfather?  Carroll O'Connor.

The one from Return to Me, not All in the Family.

My maternal grandmother?

Jean Stapleton, but not the one from All in the Family.  Add glasses.

Meryl Streep is a ringer for my Aunt Esther.

There's a lot of family resemblance there.

(need to find a picture of my Aunt Esther) 

Assorted relatives.  A sister-in-law.

Susan Sarandon. 

A daughter-in-law

Diane Keaton.  Without the glasses.  

A couple of people from my past

Ralph Fiennes.

(image removed to protect the innocent) 

 Daryl Hall and John Oates.

Yes.  Both of them.  Not at the same time. 

(images removed to protect the innocent) 

Uh-huh.

That Roger Moore. 

(image removed to protect the innocent)

I have lots of gorgeous grandchildren.  One of them is a ringer for

 Josh Hartnett.  Gotta shave his head now, though, since he's in the Army.

Another is a ringer for

Reese Witherspoon.  Legally Blonde vintage.  Smart and social. 

My other granddaughter

Lisa Kudrow.  But not the one on Friends. 

This was one of my grandsons when he was younger.

Thomas Sangster, the endearing little boy in Love Actually.

In recent years he looked a little more like

a young Bjorn Borg, especially when he had long hair.

Nick Simmons has his brother down pat.

I have another grandson who easily could have been, when younger,

 

I'd have to think about the rest of them.  The above are easy.

My husband would have to be

the great Patrick Stewart. 

and to play my adorable dog, Sweetie

champion Billy the Havanese. 

And, finally . . . .me.

the Toothpaste for Dinner guy.

But hey, probably since most of these people aren't available, we'd just have to go with the originals. 

That's my life, cast as a movie, in a nutshell.  How would you cast yours?