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.
ROB LOWEAllison Janney is the best actor on the series.Allison is one of the few actors I ever worked with who is incapable of hitting a false note.
More Rob Lowe Quotes
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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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[“John F. Kennedy” movie] was just really clever storytelling.
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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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My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.
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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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Everybody is naughty, everybody is good.
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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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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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If people are attracted to me, I like to think it’s because I’m an interesting person, fairly smart, well-rounded, with a good sense of humor. I would like to think that’s what I am. I would like to think people see it.
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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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That chemistry that we had [with Fred Savage] is very, very hard to find. We were lucky to have those 22 episodes [of The Grinder]. I’m unendingly proud of it.
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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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Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work objectively.
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The 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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Ridley Scott’s company makes great work in whatever arena, whether it’s movies or commercials or television. They just do really quality stuff, so you know it’s going to be quality.
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