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Rob Lowe

I happen to be a movie star, but I’m not saying, “Hey, I’m a role model. Imitate me.”
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Role Models Roles Stars
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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Interpretation President Said
The universe works in mysterious ways and for me it worked out perfectly. With all respect to everybody else, Aaron Sorkin is and was The West Wing, full stop. There’s no West Wing without him.
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Country Everybody Mysterious People Universe
It’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.
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Issues Media Real
It’s part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.
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Actors Behind Jobs
The best part is not the biggest, it’s the one that’s most memorable.
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Memorable Most Memorable
As far as my work for causes or social issues, that’s something I’m doing as a private citizen.
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Causes Citizens Issues
[“John F. Kennedy” movie] was just really clever storytelling.
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Clever Just Really Storytelling
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.
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Actors Divorce Giving
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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Home Hotel People Want
The ’80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.
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Successful Teenager Thinking
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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Character People Wings
I 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.
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Strong Successful Thinking
My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.
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Looks People Seeing
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.
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Believe Fire Museums
You wouldn’t want somebody in office who hasn’t experienced life.
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Experience Office Want
Contrary to popular belief, I don’t go out very much. When I do go out, a lot of times it’ll be to something like a heavyweight fight, and I’ll be photographed, so that people have this conception that I go out a lot.
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Fighting Heavyweights People
Chris [Farley] – I would consider him a comic animal. With the emphasis on “animal.”
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Animal Comic Emphasis
[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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Fun Reading School
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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Country People Tea Teenagers
I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.
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Knowing Maturity Part Thinking
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.
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Quality Stuff Television
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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Exciting Imagine Memories
I’ll be a role model on my terms, but don’t make a role model on your terms.
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Make Models Roles Terms
I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.
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Hands People Will
It’s always a good day when I get to work with Jim Belushi, who I adore.
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Adore Good Day Work
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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Actors Hitting Notes

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