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When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.

Rob Lowe

William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] – that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star – that’s very gratifying.
ROB LOWE

Able Acting Country People Stars
Actually, 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.
ROB LOWE

Wings Writing Years
What people do in their private lives is their business, and shouldn’t be anybody else’s business.
ROB LOWE

Life People Private
I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I’m perceived. You’ll go crazy otherwise.
ROB LOWE

Crazy Trying Worry
You can’t believe everything you read. It’s never been more true.
ROB LOWE

Believe Everything More True
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.
ROB LOWE

Country People Tea Teenagers
[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.
ROB LOWE

Fun Reading School
Everybody is naughty, everybody is good.
ROB LOWE

Everybody Good Naughty
I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids birthday parties.
ROB LOWE

Dressing Kids Party
[Chris] Farley was a dear friend, and we remained close right up until the end. You know, there was nobody more fearless comedically than Chris. And that’s saying a lot, because I’m friendly with a lot of funny people.
ROB LOWE

Fearless Friendly People
People should be allowed to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own home or their own hotel room.
ROB LOWE

Home Hotel People Want
It was a role [Dean Sanderson] I hadn’t seen before, and yet it was very accessible and relatable at the same time. I read scripts that have one or the other, but I rarely read scripts that have both. And it was laugh-out-loud funny.
ROB LOWE

Laughing Roles Scripts
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 LOWE

Anything Country Fighter Jet People Squadron
The umbrella that I live under is that you must be truthful with everyone except when to do so would injure them or others.
ROB LOWE

Being Everyone Truthful Umbrella
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.
ROB LOWE

Choices Comedy Firsts
I don’t like any sport where you’re already exhausted when you’re done putting on the equipment.
ROB LOWE

Done Exhausted Sports
I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.
ROB LOWE

Hands People Will
When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.
ROB LOWE

Idols Realization Taken
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 LOWE

Character Lying Sexy
Anyone who’s lived their life to the fullest extent has a scandal buried somewhere.
ROB LOWE

Buried Fullest Scandal Somewhere
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.
ROB LOWE

Girl School Thinking
I had no regrets when I did it, I have even less regret now because I can’t imagine staying on the West Wing show and then, six weeks later, Aaron Sorkin leaving.
ROB LOWE

Imagine Leaving Regret
I happen to be a movie star, but I’m not saying, “Hey, I’m a role model. Imitate me.”
ROB LOWE

Role Models Roles Stars
Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
ROB LOWE

Chips Kids Paint
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.
ROB LOWE

Quality Stuff Television
It’s always a good day when I get to work with Jim Belushi, who I adore.
ROB LOWE

Adore Good Day Work
Some 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 LOWE

Believe Fire Museums

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