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.
ROB LOWEThe 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.”
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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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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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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Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
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I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.
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I happen to be a movie star, but I’m not saying, “Hey, I’m a role model. Imitate me.”
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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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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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What people do in their private lives is their business, and shouldn’t be anybody else’s business.
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In school, I had two or three best guy friends, but mostly if I was just hanging, I’d like to talk to the girls, because they were more interesting. I think they were smarter.
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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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Everybody is naughty, everybody is good.
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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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[The Outsiders] was all new to me. It’s been fun to be a part of that ride, where it’s become on the level of Catcher In The Rye in terms of people’s required reading in schools.
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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.
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