Rob Lowe
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Biography
Robert Hepler Lowe is an American actor, filmmaker, and entertainment host. Following numerous television roles in the early 1980s, he came to prominence as a teen idol and member of the Brat Pack with starring roles in The Outsiders (1983), Class (1983), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Oxford Blues (1984), St.
"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."
"We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success."
"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."
"I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China."
"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."
"Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing."
"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?"
"The challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because that's where we do most of our learning."
"I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties."
"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."
"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."
"Every relationship has its complications."
"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."
"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."
"It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot."
"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."
"The first private space of my own wasn't a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma."
"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.'"
"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."
"I couldn't have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science."
"In my bachelor days, the priority wasn't learning to cook."
"I have had a lot of blessed, interesting things happen to me and have bumped up against some amazing people."
"If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances."
"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.'"
"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."