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.
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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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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It’s part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.
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I love that movie [The Specials]. I love James Gunn. I always sort of suspected that he would do well for himself.
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I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I’m perceived. You’ll go crazy otherwise.
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When I had my Comedy Central roast, David [Spade] was my first choice to be roastmaster, because I adore him. He’s funny as hell, and nobody is meaner.
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Every relationship has its complications.
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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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People should be allowed to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own home or their own hotel room.
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I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.
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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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Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
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The ’80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.
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I don’t look back with any bitterness, though there are a couple of judgment calls and some ’80s hairdos that I’d like to do over.
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Apparently Sodapop Curtis said “gnarly,” and Chris Traeger said “literally.” Every decade I have a favorite phrase I can’t stop with.
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I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.
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