Quotes by Rob Lowe

“It was just one of those quirky, sort of naughty, sort of wild, sort of, you know, drunken things that people will do from time to time.”

“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. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China. I think part of maturity is knowing who you are. If people dont like it, it is not going to affect how I feel.”

“I have other obligations now-the show, my family, my life...though I know that without my sobriety I wouldnt have any of those things.”

“I have a lot of great memories, but I cant imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.”

“Whenever you do a revival it begs the question why now and why here?. I cant think of a better place to do the show than London right now, and I cant think of a better theme to do than the cost of protecting the world.”

“Tom called to wish me luck in the play. He said be good - but not too good!”

“I believe in London”

“Hes got instincts, great instincts, and he loves talent.”

“I am so impassioned when I play him,”

“I hadnt done a sex scene in like 10 years or something. Not particularly by design. It just hadnt come up, ... I was very nervous to even talk about it, you know, because its, you know, its Gwyneth, and Ive known her since she was really little. And shes a really dear friend. And like, she and my wife are best pals. And I know the family.”

Everyone knows that the teenage years are a time ofprofound emotion. The moody, exuberant, passionate,lethargic teen is a figure that has a special place in the hall of fame of clichés—and for good reason. It’s all true. When we ourselves are teenagers, we are living life as it comes. There is no point in reflection. We are so inexperienced, there is very little to reflect on. If we fail a big test, we just move on. We win an award and we smile and say thank you. We fall in love and it’s a thrill. We get our hearts broken and we suffer.And we feel all of these highs and lows in our absolute core; it feels as if it’s never happened to anyone else because it’s never happened to us before. Only later can we look back in the comfort that perspective brings.

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

We all have a suspicion and hope that weve just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives. That no one else knows this makes it seem like we are living with a secret that we would like to share, but cant, sort of like having a superpower thats not come online or being president elect. For the moment, our lives proceed as usual, but within a month, we think, everything will change. Its a frustrating, if exciting, disconnect.

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

All things end. They rarely end as we would like them to and often do so before we are ready. We transition in a way that gives our loss honor; we grieve with a love and true appreciation for what we have no longer. It was clear that my mom was ready to go; it was her time. My love of her and my desperation to keep her in my life were of no consequence to that fact, any more than my relentless attempts to improve The Lyons Den kept it from cancellation. Both personally and professionally I was swamped with the message: Your plan pales compared to the larger one.

Never compare your insides to someone elses outsides.

They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.

I think it was Alfred Hitchcock who said that 90% of successful movie making is in the casting. The same is true in life. Who you are exposed to, who you choose to surround yourself with is a unique variable in all of our experience, and it is hugely important in making us who we are.

I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, Dont 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.

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.