Quotes by Rob Lowe

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 wasnt very good at sports.

The first private space of my own wasnt a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Ill 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 youre 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: its 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 couldnt have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science.

Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.

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

Heres my theory: If a person gets worldwide fame at a young age, theyre emotionally frozen at that moment. For me, thats 15 to 18, so you find yourself in your mid-20s being a glorified 15-year-old. What could possibly go wrong?

In my bachelor days, the priority wasnt learning to cook.

The challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because thats where we do most of our learning.

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. Ive loved it ever since I was on The West Wing.

Ive had years of psychiatry, and I ask about every six months - its sort of like getting your oil checked - I ask, Im not an actual narcissist, am I? The learned men of psychiatry assure me that I meet none of the medical criteria.

In acting, theres a type of courage youre 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.

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

Being in a successful marriage is no different than being cast in a successful movie. Its all about who you pick; in that first moment, did you pick the right person? I think you need to pick somebody whos more interested in being married than in getting married.

Marriage is becoming sort of fake. Its almost like a handbag. Everybody wants the newest, greatest and latest. It becomes an event, and its definitely a status symbol in our society. Im not saying it shouldnt be; it absolutely should be - but you shouldnt be focusing on that.

Ive never met a funny person who wasnt smart. Ive met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But Ive never met a funny person who wasnt smart.