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.
ROB LOWEI really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I’m perceived. You’ll go crazy otherwise.
More Rob Lowe Quotes
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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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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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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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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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[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 am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids birthday parties.
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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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Ginnifer Goodwin said it very well – we’re not doing the Hall Of Presidents at Disneyland. This is my interpretation of [J.F] Kennedy.
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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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I’ll be a role model on my terms, but don’t make a role model on your terms.
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The umbrella that I live under is that you must be truthful with everyone except when to do so would injure them or others.
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Of the many horrors of divorce, the most egregious is that it robs a kid of the best of both worlds. Dads can do many things that even the best moms can’t, and vice versa.
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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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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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