When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.
ROB LOWEThe press concentrates on a divorce an actor’s going through and they ignore the good performances he gives, or the causes that he works for.
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I happen to be a movie star, but I’m not saying, “Hey, I’m a role model. Imitate me.”
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What people do in their private lives is their business, and shouldn’t be anybody else’s business.
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There’s this unbelievable bias and prejudice against quote-unquote good-looking people, that they can’t be in pain or they can’t have rough lives or be deep or interesting.
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[Chris] Farley was a dear friend, and we remained close right up until the end. You know, there was nobody more fearless comedically than Chris. And that’s saying a lot, because I’m friendly with a lot of funny people.
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Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
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I think that in today’s world the right to privacy and freedom of the press are set on a collision course.
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Sam Seaborn is the best character that’s ever been written for me, certainly. By far. And it’s a timeless show [The West Wing], one that’s having another resurgence now, with people so in an uproar politically.
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Helmut Newton shot the ad campaign [for Bad Influence]. It’s [James] Spader at the top of his game, right after Sex, Lies And Videotape. It’s sexy. It’s weird. It’s dark. The characters are great.
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I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.
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Some of the ’80s movies I did are sort of museum pieces. St. Elmo’s Fire is great as a sort of kitschy, “Oh, my god, I can’t believe we wore that” type of movie.
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I have a lot of great memories, but I can’t imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.
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The script was given to me by one of my agents and they didn’t tell me anything about it. My first reaction was, “The West Wing? Is it about a squadron of fighter jets?” Then I turned the page and saw, ‘by Aaron Sorkin’ and I knew it was going to be something good.
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[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it’s very early, vintage James Gunn.
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As far as my work for causes or social issues, that’s something I’m doing as a private citizen.
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It’s the media that take an isolated incident and make it a deciding factor in a presidential campaign, as opposed to the real issues, like abortion, the homeless, the deficit. The same is true with actors and their lifestyles.
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