Rob Lowe Quotes

#1. Someone on the internet referred to me as 'that horrible little man who's replacing Rob Lowe', which is hurtful, because I think of myself as a delightful little man.

Joshua Malina

#2. Rob Lowe, I've known him for a long time because I have three daughters, ya know. He's been cruising those three girls for a long time.

Robert Wagner

#3. The idealism and adorability of Rob Lowe and Bradley Whitford had made me long for a civic-minded beau who is constantly making long, important speeches and taking principled stands.

Mindy Kaling

#4. If the world does need to repopulate at some point, the announcing team of Rob Lowe and Sofia Vergara, I think, would make very pleasant children.

Jon Stewart

#5. I grew up in Evanston and lived in Chicago for a long time, in Old Town and Wrigleyville. I did three films when I was in high school. The first was 'Class,' with Rob Lowe. I had a supporting role in that.

John Cusack

#6. When I did 'Young Guns II,' I hung out with Emilio and Kiefer, and I once took a trip with Rob Lowe - we jumped trains.

Christian Slater

#7. I'm a very intermediate sax player, but now that Rob Lowe is on my show, I had to cop to him. Like, 'Dude your ridiculous fake sax playing [in St. Elmo's Fire] inspired me to pick up a horn.'

Nick Offerman

#8. Who knew Rob Lowe was funny? On 'Parks and Rec,' we've got some of the funniest comedy writers, some of the funniest comedians in the world working there. And if anything, we don't just effuse to one another and be like, 'Oh, Rob Lowe's really funny,' if he wasn't.

Chris Pratt

#9. Last 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.'

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#10. 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.

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#11. When I was young and crazy, I was young and crazy. It can be hard enough just to BE in your teens and 20s. Then add fame, money, access, and every single person telling you that you're the greatest person who ever was, and it can be a recipe for disaster. Some people literally don't survive it.

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#12. 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.

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#13. Cannes is a little bit like French wine. There are certain years that people prefer over others.

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#14. 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.

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#15. We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

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#16. In my bachelor days, the priority wasn't learning to cook.

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#17. Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.

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#18. I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted.

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#19. 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?

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#20. 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.

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#21. 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.

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#22. My issue isn't about physical aging; my issue is about wanting to remain vigorous and youthful in my spirit.

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#23. My life and the lives of many across the world have been deeply affected by lymphoma.

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#24. 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.

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#25. I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.

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#26. I've come to really like Twitter. You really do get to see what I'm about, and I like sharing with my fans.

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#27. Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

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#28. I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'

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#29. 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.

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#30. Individuals usually do a better job than the government.

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#31. Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated.

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#32. So I came to the realization: Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life.

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#33. If I had been on 'Ally McBeal,' I would have been seen coming out of the shower on the first show.

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#34. 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.

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#35. Children change you. They really do.

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#36. The president of the United States can't even fire his chef. I'm not kidding.

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#37. 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.

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#38. Malibu was a wellspring of counterculture group think.

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#39. Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

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#40. I've been on TV a long time, and I've never had a catch phrase.

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#41. I'm thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without warning, and often times marked with disappointment and tragedy, but equally often leading to a better understanding of the bittersweet truth of life.

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#42. Like most guys, I don't come to beauty regimes naturally. I'm dragged kicking and screaming by the best in the world.

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#43. I am still in love with my wife.

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#44. By making more people aware of lymphoma, Worldwide Lymphoma Awareness Day hopes to save lives by increasing early diagnosis and suitable treatment.

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#45. I couldn't have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science.

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#46. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

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#47. 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.

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#48. Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?

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#49. I'm a Hollywood pinhead; I don't know about political labels.

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#50. I like the nexus of Bollywood and Hollywood. I'm actually shocked that there isn't more of a meld between our two industries.

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#51. 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.

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#52. 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.

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#53. 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.

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#54. I don't flip. I don't even dive into a pool - straight cannonball for me. No, thanks.

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#55. I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties.

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#56. When I got sober, that was 1990.

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#57. 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.

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#58. The cast of 'Parks & Rec' is just a group of unbelievably nice, humble, down to earth, hilarious friends.

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#59. 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.

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#60. 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.

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#61. 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.

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#62. Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.

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#63. The first private space of my own wasn't a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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#64. 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.

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#65. Oh my God, I love rehab! I highly recommend it.

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#66. 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.

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#67. 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.

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#68. I only pray when it suits my own needs. I'm not proud about that.

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#69. The umbrella that I live under is that you must be truthful with everyone except when to do so would injure them or others.

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#70. 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.

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#71. 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.

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#72. I don't think the Internet should be immune to the standing laws of countries.

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#73. Guys are really lucky. We become our authentic selves the older we get.

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#74. 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.

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#75. 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.

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#76. 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.

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#77. I'm a political junkie.

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#78. 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.

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#79. Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.

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#80. 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.

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#81. It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.

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#82. 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.

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#83. If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

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#84. I am terrible with people's names.

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#85. I try to hold on to the things I believe to be good and true. Good things happen to good people. Karma is real. There is a larger, better plan for us all if we stay positive, keep pushing and get out of our own way.

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#86. 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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#87. 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.

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#88. I didn't go to Ivy League schools. I dropped out of college to go into movies.

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#89. The Kennedys are our royals.

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#90. I started out being a really, really liberal Democrat.

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#91. I - you know, I loved politics more as a younger man.

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#92. Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

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#93. That this, right here, right now, is our life. It is not our parents' or our children's, not our husbands' or our wives'. It is not made more or less valuable by our job or how much we have in the bank. Our life is ours. It is the only one we will ever have. And we should love it.

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#94. 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.

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#95. To be counter to the culture, you are by definition willfully and actively ignoring the culture, i.e., reality.

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#96. 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.'

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#97. I don't know what drives me.

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#98. 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.

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#99. I sadly never got to my prom. I was shooting 'The Outsiders.'

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#100. The challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because that's where we do most of our learning.

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