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.
ROB LOWEThere’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.
ROB LOWEI 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.
ROB LOWEI 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.
ROB LOWEGinnifer Goodwin said it very well – we’re not doing the Hall Of Presidents at Disneyland. This is my interpretation of [J.F] Kennedy.
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.
ROB LOWEDid you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
ROB LOWESam 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 LOWEI have a lot of great memories, but I can’t imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.
ROB LOWEI’ll be a role model on my terms, but don’t make a role model on your terms.
ROB LOWEI think that in today’s world the right to privacy and freedom of the press are set on a collision course.
ROB LOWEI have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.
ROB LOWEMy looks have prevented people from seeing my work.
ROB LOWEThe 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 LOWEIt’s part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.
ROB LOWERidley 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.
ROB LOWEActually, 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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