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.
ROB LOWESome 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.
More Rob Lowe Quotes
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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 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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As far as my work for causes or social issues, that’s something I’m doing as a private citizen.
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It’s the media that take an isolated incident and make it a deciding factor in a presidential campaign, as opposed to the real issues, like abortion, the homeless, the deficit. The same is true with actors and their lifestyles.
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Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
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The really good thing about my career is that I never went through a phase where I played characters who had names like “Partygoer,” “Waiter,” or “Guy #1.”
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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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Chris [Farley] – I would consider him a comic animal. With the emphasis on “animal.”
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It’s always a good day when I get to work with Jim Belushi, who I adore.
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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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I’m not going to stop talking to people who come up to me in an airport. I’m not going to worry about what may be their ulterior motive.
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It’s part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.
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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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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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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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