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.
ROB LOWEThe universe works in mysterious ways and for me it worked out perfectly. With all respect to everybody else, Aaron Sorkin is and was The West Wing, full stop. There’s no West Wing without him.
More Rob Lowe Quotes
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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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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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When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.
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I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.
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I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar – I was sick of playing high-school kids.
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I don’t like any sport where you’re already exhausted when you’re done putting on the equipment.
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There was a period in my life where I went out a lot and I had a really good time. But that period is over.
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I had no regrets when I did it, I have even less regret now because I can’t imagine staying on the West Wing show and then, six weeks later, Aaron Sorkin leaving.
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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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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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Contrary to popular belief, I don’t go out very much. When I do go out, a lot of times it’ll be to something like a heavyweight fight, and I’ll be photographed, so that people have this conception that I go out a lot.
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I’ll be a role model on my terms, but don’t make a role model on your terms.
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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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The best part is not the biggest, it’s the one that’s most memorable.
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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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