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[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it’s very early, vintage James Gunn.

Rob Lowe

I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids birthday parties.
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Dressing Kids Party
Everybody is naughty, everybody is good.
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Everybody Good Naughty
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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Fighting Heavyweights People
When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.
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Idols Realization Taken
If people find me attractive, it would be for reasons that anybody finds anybody attractive. It’s something that comes from within, and it manifests itself physically.
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Come Manifest People Reason Something
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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Wings Writing Years
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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Bitterness Couple Looks
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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Good Periods Times
I literally knew nothing when I did that show [“Tony Flanagan”]. It was the first time I signed an autograph, it was the first time I got fan letters, it was the first time people screamed when I came out.
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Fans First Letters People Time
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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Lucky Proud Savages
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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Quality Stuff Television
Helmut Newton shot the ad campaign [for Bad Influence]. It’s [James] Spader at the top of his game, right after Sex, Lies And Videotape. It’s sexy. It’s weird. It’s dark. The characters are great.
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Character Lying Sexy
The 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.
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Country Everybody Mysterious People Universe
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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Country People Tea Teenagers
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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Thinking Today World
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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Choices Comedy Firsts
I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.
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Knowing Maturity Part Thinking
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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Love People Special Wells
Allison 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.
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Actors Hitting Notes
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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Both Dad Kids Mom World
I had to learn American sign language. And I did stuff in it, stuff that was just for me and was fun, that I don’t think anyone would ever notice.
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Fun Sign Language Thinking
Every relationship has its complications.
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Complications Every People Relationships
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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Strong Successful Thinking
Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
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Chips Kids Paint
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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Imagine Leaving Regret
I happen to be a movie star, but I’m not saying, “Hey, I’m a role model. Imitate me.”
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Role Models Roles Stars
The best part is not the biggest, it’s the one that’s most memorable.
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Memorable Most Memorable

[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it’s very early, vintage James Gunn.

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