The press concentrates on a divorce an actor’s going through and they ignore the good performances he gives, or the causes that he works for.
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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Anyone who’s lived their life to the fullest extent has a scandal buried somewhere.
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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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I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.
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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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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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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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You wouldn’t want somebody in office who hasn’t experienced life.
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Chris [Farley] – I would consider him a comic animal. With the emphasis on “animal.”
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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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If people are attracted to me, I like to think it’s because I’m an interesting person, fairly smart, well-rounded, with a good sense of humor. I would like to think that’s what I am. I would like to think people see it.
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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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William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] – that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star – that’s very gratifying.
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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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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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I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I’m perceived. You’ll go crazy otherwise.
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When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.
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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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People should be allowed to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own home or their own hotel room.
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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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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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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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I have a lot of great memories, but I can’t imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.
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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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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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If somebody else is achieving more than I am, that means I can do it, too. Everybody has the ability to raise themselves up, and my life has been marked by that.
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Everybody is naughty, everybody is good.
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