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.
ROB LOWEHelmut 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.
ROB LOWEThe umbrella that I live under is that you must be truthful with everyone except when to do so would injure them or others.
ROB LOWEIt’s always a good day when I get to work with Jim Belushi, who I adore.
ROB LOWEI really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I’m perceived. You’ll go crazy otherwise.
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 LOWEWhen 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.
ROB LOWEI 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 LOWELast night, we were all watching Harry Potter in bed, and I thought, ‘This isn’t something you have when you’re single, that’s for sure.’
ROB LOWEIt’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.
ROB LOWEEverybody is naughty, everybody is good.
ROB LOWEI think part of maturity is knowing who you are.
ROB LOWEI 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.
ROB LOWEApparently Sodapop Curtis said “gnarly,” and Chris Traeger said “literally.” Every decade I have a favorite phrase I can’t stop with.
ROB LOWEIf 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.
ROB LOWEI 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.
ROB LOWEThe best part is not the biggest, it’s the one that’s most memorable.
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