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Rob Lowe [1964-0] American

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Actor

Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe is an American actor. He has garnered fame for appearing in such films as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, St.

Famous, Amazing, Relationship, Age, Attitude, Birthday, Business, Chance, Courage, Dad, Equality, Funny, Leadership, Medical, Space, Teen

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I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, 'Don't do what you can do. Do what only you can do.' First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play.	Business	101
Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before.		102
I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.	Teen	103
My issue isn't about physical aging; my issue is about wanting to remain vigorous and youthful in my spirit.		104
I've been around for so long, people have their perceptions of me: good, bad or indifferent.		105
I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.		106
I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids.	Age	107
I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.		108
I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.		109
I have had a lot of blessed, interesting things happen to me and have bumped up against some amazing people.	Amazing	110
I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. I've met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart.	Funny	111
One of the interesting things about Twitter is looking how famous people choose to use it. Take someone like Steve Martin, who I follow: it's all sorts of comic gems, nothing private, nothing personal - all jokes. Other celebrities are overtly personal - like Charlie Sheen. I do a mix of observations and updates.	Famous	112
After my parents' divorce when I was 4, I spent weekends with my dad before we finally moved to California. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was incapable of enjoying the day's activities, of being in the moment, because I was already dreading the inevitable goodbye of Sunday evening.	Dad	113
When I hear that I realize how quickly time passes and how everybody goes on their journeys and they're always unbelievable and they never go where you think they're going to take you and, quite frankly, it also makes me feel a little old.		114
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.		115
I had long ago become a creation, a public image made to be consumed, piled on top of a precarious shell of a little boy wanting to be loved.		116
My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character on 'Parks & Recreation' is the comic relief in a comedy. To play a character that appears strictly for laughs is sort of new for me and really fun.		117
I look at it like this: that if Shakespeare were alive today, he would have written two or three plays about the Kennedy family, and actors would traditionally play JFK like they Hamlet or King Lear. They just would. I mean, people have played JFK, and they'll play him long after I have.		118
The first shooter video game stuff which - look, admittedly, I missed that generationally, so it's not a thing for me. I've never played them. I don't really get it. My kids do.		119
Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.	Amazing, Equality	120
Cannes is a little bit like French wine. There are certain years that people prefer over others.		121
I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.		122
I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted.		123
Getting married isn't going to make your relationship better. It's just a ceremony.	Relationship	124
We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.		125
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.		126
I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures.		201
I like the way you can circumvent the media gatekeepers and go right to the people. That's my favorite thing about Twitter.		202
The first private space of my own wasn't a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma.	Space	203
I'm perfectly flawed... I've got tons of flaws.		204
I had had some successes in the '90s, always made money, but the truth was I was like a man pushing a boulder up a hill. A huge, heavy, difficult boulder made up of some career mistakes, projects that didn't meet expectations, and twenty years of being a known quantity.		205
In acting, there's a type of courage you're recognized for all the time. You lose 100 pounds and play a guy with AIDS, and you get rewarded. But, in life, doing what is courageous is quiet, and no one knows about it. Courage is someone making sacrifices for their family or making selfless decisions for what they hope or feel.	Courage	206
Can we understand - just for the record, we do need the government for a lot of big ticket items.		207
I've been on TV a long time, and I've never had a catch phrase.		208
Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.		209
My thing is personal freedoms: freedoms for the individual to love whom they want, do with what they want. In fact, I want the government out of almost everything.		210
Every relationship has its complications.	Relationship	211
Children change you. They really do.		212
I've come to really like Twitter. You really do get to see what I'm about, and I like sharing with my fans.		213
A few years ago, I got to a point where I realised that the only way you can tell someone's age is how they live their life. The candles on the cake mean absolutely nothing.		214
I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.		215
I learned to focus on what's real rather than imagined; on not letting feelings drive the bus; on being courageous and honest; on putting my total effort into something and not worrying about the result.		216
The highest levels of fame in the entertainment business are geared toward keeping the artist disconnected, disinterested and continuing to make product and not developing any sort of 'normal life.'		217
I always wanted that house where everybody wants to go, full of energy, dogs, music, fun.		218
I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties.	Birthday	219
Show me someone who doesn't have some sort of experience that they would be uncomfortable for people to know about and I'll show you a dullard.		220
I'll be sober ten years and married nine soon.		221
I sadly never got to my prom. I was shooting 'The Outsiders.'		222
Feng shui isn't open to interpretation.		223
As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with.		224
It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.	Famous	225
The president of the United States can't even fire his chef. I'm not kidding.		226
Oh my God, I love rehab! I highly recommend it.		301
Belonging to one party is acceptable. But my days of just ticking the party box are long over. I judge the candidates for who they are.		302
I didn't go to Ivy League schools. I dropped out of college to go into movies.		303
If I had been on 'Ally McBeal,' I would have been seen coming out of the shower on the first show.		304
I don't flip. I don't even dive into a pool - straight cannonball for me. No, thanks.		305
I wish I was a more religious person. I really admire Martin Sheen for his Catholicism. It's such a bedrock. I wish I had that in my life.		306
By making more people aware of lymphoma, Worldwide Lymphoma Awareness Day hopes to save lives by increasing early diagnosis and suitable treatment.		307
If you're telling a story, and somebody is going to come out badly, it better be you.		308
My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports.		309
I've had years of psychiatry, and I ask about every six months - it's sort of like getting your oil checked - I ask, 'I'm not an actual narcissist, am I?' The learned men of psychiatry assure me that I meet none of the medical criteria.	Medical	310
I never get bored talking about themes dealing with ambition, leadership and what it means to be an American. I love that stuff. I just love it. I've loved it ever since I was on 'The West Wing.'	Leadership	311
I'm a sportsman, you know, and I shoot skeet, and I grew up in the Midwest, so that's a part of my culture.		312
David Blum burned a lot of bridges. He burned people early in their careers. He took on the wrong people, though. He's not Hunter Thompson or Tom Wolfe, he's David Blum living in a cheap flat.		313
Of the many horrors of divorce, the most egregious is that it robs a kid of the best of both worlds. Dads can do many things that even the best moms can't, and vice versa.		314
When I started on 'The West Wing,' that was at a time when this was still a stigma, because movie stars didn't do TV. Now, every movie star is desperate to find their 'True Detective.'		315
Eleven days before 9/11, I was on a plane with the 9/11 hijackers who were carrying out a dry run.		316
Tom Ford, who is my all-time favourite, once said to me, 'Here's the thing about dress shirts, Rob. You need white, and you need black.' 'What about blue,' I asked. He said, 'Have you ever seen Cary Grant in a blue dress shirt?'		317
I wouldn't be where I am today without my mistakes. Particularly my mistakes. Exclusively my mistakes.		318
I'd love to serve my country. I would love it.		319
I'll never forget one of those things that my father said to me. My father said: 'You know what? We have had so many amazingly positive experiences that we would have never had because you're famous. We can stand to have a couple negatives ones, too.'	Famous	320
Here's my theory: If a person gets worldwide fame at a young age, they're emotionally frozen at that moment. For me, that's 15 to 18, so you find yourself in your mid-20s being a glorified 15-year-old. What could possibly go wrong?		321
I try to be authentically who I am.		322
In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of fifty people for twelve hours a day on a film set, I really like my alone time, and as always, I abhor small talk.		323
My son Matthew's beloved dog is a Jack Russell. His name is Buster. Matthew picked him as a puppy, when he was tiny himself.		324
As a person navigating the waters of public scrutiny, you are often unable to hold on to personal heroes or villains. Inevitably you will meet your hero, and he may turn out to be less than impressive, while your villain turns out to be the coolest cat you've ever met.		325
The '90s were a time of building for me. Building a life that was sober, drained of harmful, wasteful excess and manufacturing in its place a family of my own.		326
I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.		401
For me, the battle is finding the balance between wanting to spend time with my boys and then having enough perspective to still be the disciplinarian and, like, not be in the best friend business.		402
Being in a successful marriage is no different than being cast in a successful movie. It's all about who you pick; in that first moment, did you pick the right person? I think you need to pick somebody who's more interested in being married than in getting married.		403
In my bachelor days, the priority wasn't learning to cook.		404
Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.		405
What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it.		406
Temperamentally, Sam and I are very much alike. He's a lawyer, my father's a lawyer, and I always wanted to play one. On so many levels the role just felt right. I fell in love with it as I would a woman.		407
I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.		408
I have never felt at any point in my life, good or bad, any ill will ever from the man or woman on the street.		409
To go from playing Jack Startz in 'Behind the Candelabra' to playing JFK in the same year, I have now operated at the far ends of my range as an actor.		410
The Brat Pack is timeless.		411
Fame is not a natural condition for human beings.		412
My two sons are the most important things in the world to my wife and I - they are what I build my world around.		413
The Kennedys are our royals.		414
I - you know, I loved politics more as a younger man.		415
My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive.		416
I was a child of the '80s.		417
If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.		418
Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated.		419
I'm no genius, but I'm real smart in one area - I picked the right mate.		420
Somewhere in my callow, misspent youth, I was smart enough to marry my best friend.		421
I am still in love with my wife.		422
Matthew Lowe is one of the great water men that I know. He's a surfer, a great water polo player. I think he's half fish.		423
Things that I consider bad qualities, I always try and figure out where they are coming from. I don't consider ambition to be a bad one. It's served me very well in my life. Very well.		424
I don't know what drives me.		425
I only pray when it suits my own needs. I'm not proud about that.		426
I like the nexus of Bollywood and Hollywood. I'm actually shocked that there isn't more of a meld between our two industries.		501
My life and the lives of many across the world have been deeply affected by lymphoma.		502
Before you could actually have face-lifts, they would pull your skin around the back of your head with rubber bands, where they would tape it. And then you'd have to wear a wig over it to hide the rubber bands. It was not the most comfortable.		503
I signed up for 'Brothers & Sisters' because I think it's a really great show. I like my character, and I'm really interested in what he has to do every day - and this cast is so spectacular. I really wanted to work with this particular group of people.		504
Television is populated with commitment-phobes.		505
I love acting so much that I don't want to give that up.		506
I couldn't have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science.		507
I'm a true centrist: my beliefs put me in the middle... You know what happens to people who drive in the middle of the road? They get run over.		508
Look, I owns guns.		509
Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that require heavy makeup or outrageous wardrobe. Some trade exclusively in a post-ironic blase attitude.	Attitude	510
It's funny what actors take issue with. Some won't do parts where animals are in jeopardy; some won't ever play anyone remotely unlikable - 'Heroes only, please.' Some won't do violence. I have no such qualms.		511
The minute you start making calculations about what people will think of you as a person based on your work as an actor, you're on the road to becoming a bad one.		512
If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.	Chance	513
My greatest regret at the passing of America-hating strongman Hugo Chavez is that he didn't live long enough to party with Dennis Rodman.		514
Individuals usually do a better job than the government.		515
I'm a Hollywood pinhead; I don't know about political labels.		516
I like doing things that are different, unexpected, and where I feel that either the role feels like a natural fit for me or it's a really big swing that I don't know if I'm going to connect on.		517
I had met my now wife, Sheryl, and was attempting my first try at monogamy, which was not really in my nature at the time, and I wasn't able to do it.		518
When I got sober, that was 1990.		519
I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'		520
I started out being a really, really liberal Democrat.		521
We should all be so lucky in our lives to create things that we're still talking about 25 years later.		522
The cast of 'Parks & Rec' is just a group of unbelievably nice, humble, down to earth, hilarious friends.		523
I would've loved Jack Kennedy. I would've loved to have campaigned for him and supported him. I wish there were more like him today.		524
I'm a registered Independent.		525
Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.		526
For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do.		601
Malibu was a wellspring of counterculture group think.		602
To be counter to the culture, you are by definition willfully and actively ignoring the culture, i.e., reality.		603
I am terrible with people's names.		604
My hopes and aspirations haven't changed since I started in this business. They've been to be able to play drama, to be able to play comedy, to be able to play leading men, and to be able to play character roles. I have no other aspirations in this regard.		605
I'm not unashamed to say that I like movies that make me verklempt.		606
I love London.		607
I've gotten to believe it's more fun to play politicians than actually be them.		608
I've been lucky enough in 'The West Wing' and 'Brothers & Sisters' to talk about the issues that are important to me with none of the awful mud-slinging or public scrutiny you have in politics.		609
In comedy you have to be willing to not take yourself seriously, you know? I take comedy really seriously, and so to take comedy seriously, you must not, you cannot, ever take yourself seriously.		610
Like most guys, I don't come to beauty regimes naturally. I'm dragged kicking and screaming by the best in the world.		611
Guys are really lucky. We become our authentic selves the older we get.		612
My dad is an attorney. I've always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.		613
I've always been involved in politics, since I was 8 or 9 years old. I sold Kool-Aid for McGovern - I could always pick a winner.		614
I'm a political junkie.		615
I'd like to build a TV company for myself.		616
I loved fun. I spent my whole life in search of fun. I have not given up that part of myself.		617
For guys, I don't think you're ever ready... I don't think you wake up and go, 'You know, today's the day I'm going to get married. By God, I'm ready. My house is in order, and it is time.'		618
When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.		619
I always like stories where the egg ends up on my face.		620
JFK is a role I've always dreamt of playing.		621
There is a movie called 'My Dog Skip,' starring my 'Outsiders' costar Diane Lane. I do not recommend it. If you have a child, particularly one about to leave home, watching this film is to be emotionally waterboarded.		622
Sun Valley is one of my favorite spots.		623
I made a conscious effort to focus on television so I could stay in Los Angeles, so I wasn't on a location all over the world doing movies.		624
When you're writing personal stories, you have to be totally uncompromising - to the extent that you can be - about yourself. I know that if I am uber-uncompromising with myself, that gives me some latitude to write about others.		625
I love anything by Joan Didion. Incidentally, she was one of the local moms when I was growing up in Point Dume. She always reminded me a little bit of my mother, so I feel a great affinity. I love the precision of Didion's writing. There's a construction and a craftsmanship to her sentences that's imbued with so much emotion.		626
Marriage is becoming sort of fake. It's almost like a handbag. Everybody wants the newest, greatest and latest. It becomes an event, and it's definitely a status symbol in our society. I'm not saying it shouldn't be; it absolutely should be - but you shouldn't be focusing on that.		701
The challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because that's where we do most of our learning.		702
I was smart and married somebody who could do for me what I couldn't do for myself.		703
It's a little bit of a 'if you can't beat 'em - join 'em' mentality for me when I think about Twitter.		704
I don't think the Internet should be immune to the standing laws of countries.		705
I feel pressures to stay relevant. To stay interesting and interested. To stay at the top of my game and expand.		706
I like all of John Carpenter's movies. 'The Thing' is my favorite.		707
The term 'celebrity memoir' has gotten such a bad name now, but there used to be a little bit of an art form to it.		708
I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I was a speechwriter on 'The West Wing,' so I like that kind of thing. But I never really thought I'd write a book.		709

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