I don’t like any sport where you’re already exhausted when you’re done putting on the equipment.
ROB LOWEThe ’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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When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.
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Your interests change. I used to feel that if I spent evenings reading, or watching a film, or just doing nothing up here at the house, I would probably be missing something that was a lot more fun. I don’t have that sense anymore.
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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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I think [The Outsiders] really forged who I am as an actor, and it’s one of the reasons why I keep being drawn to big ensembles where I’m surrounded by strong, successful actors or personalities. Because that was my initial foray into movie making.
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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 Outsiders] was all new to me. It’s been fun to be a part of that ride, where it’s become on the level of Catcher In The Rye in terms of people’s required reading in schools.
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There is good and evil in each of us, and you can easily be led to the dark side.
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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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In school, I had two or three best guy friends, but mostly if I was just hanging, I’d like to talk to the girls, because they were more interesting. I think they were smarter.
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My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.
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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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Actually, if I had to do it over [leaving the show the West Wing], I’d do the same thing, because lost in the shuffle of it is that Aaron [Sorkin] left the same year I did. And I would not have wanted to be on The West Wing with somebody else writing it.
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Anyone who’s lived their life to the fullest extent has a scandal buried somewhere.
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Chris [Farley] – I would consider him a comic animal. With the emphasis on “animal.”
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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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