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.

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

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

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I'll be sober ten years and married nine soon.

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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.

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

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

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

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Feng shui isn't open to interpretation.

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As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with.

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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.

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The Brat Pack is timeless.

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Fame is not a natural condition for human beings.

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My two sons are the most important things in the world to my wife and I - they are what I build my world around.

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

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The Kennedys are our royals.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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I'm no genius, but I'm real smart in one area - I picked the right mate.

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

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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.

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

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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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I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.

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Somewhere in my callow, misspent youth, I was smart enough to marry my best friend.

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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.

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I am still in love with my wife.

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

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

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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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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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I like the way you can circumvent the media gatekeepers and go right to the people. That's my favorite thing about Twitter.

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

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"50 Rob Lowe Quotes & Sayings

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.

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe

I'll be sober ten years and married nine soon.

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

Feng shui isn't open to interpretation.

Rob Lowe

As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with.

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

The Brat Pack is timeless.

Rob Lowe

Fame is not a natural condition for human beings.

Rob Lowe

My two sons are the most important things in the world to my wife and I - they are what I build my world around.

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

The Kennedys are our royals.

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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.

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

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

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe

Somewhere in my callow, misspent youth, I was smart enough to marry my best friend.

Rob Lowe

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.