110+ Rob Lowe Quotes (Charismatic, Versatile And Iconic)

Rob Lowe is an American actor, producer, and director. He is best known for his roles in films such as St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night, and Wayne's World. He has also had prominent roles in television shows such as The West Wing, Parks and Recreation, and Code Black.

Top 10 Rob Lowe Quotes

1. 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.
2. Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.
3. Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.
4. 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.
5. We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.
6. Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.
7. People have a responsibility, especially with today's media, to read between the lines.
8. Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.
9. You show me someone who's led a perfect life and I'll show you a dullard.
10. [The Outsiders] was very competitive, in the best possible way. Full of love, full of companionship and fellowship, pranks and practical jokes and ball-busting.

Rob Lowe Short Quotes

• So I came to the realization: Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life.
• Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.
• There is good and evil in each of us, and you can easily be led to the dark side.
• I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.
• It's always a good day when I get to work with Jim Belushi, who I adore.
• Random Roles? Oh, I saw Virginia Madsen do this the other day! You see? I'm paying attention!
• [Allison Janney] could memorize anything.She would memorize in the makeup trailer!
• ["John F. Kennedy" movie] was just really clever storytelling.
• To go from "gnarly" to "literally," that shows I'm growing up, right?
• I think my thing is that I try and pick up on things that other people have maybe not picked up on.

Rob Lowe Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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

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

[J.F] Kennedy's own accent was inconsistent. So people are inconsistent. And it always kind of irks me when people talk about inconsistent accents, because people are imperfect by nature. So in the end, what you do is, you do an inhabitation and not an imitation. — 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 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

Kids are growing up and they don't know the difference between fact and fiction. The line is getting blurry. I can handle it, you know; I'm a big boy. And the entertainment industry has always been crazy. But the problem is, it spills over into some very serious issues, in politics and real newsworthy stuff. — Rob Lowe

Conventions are, by nature, a party. I mean, that's why people become delegates. They come from all over the world to exercise their democratic rights and to party. — Rob Lowe

I think that in today's world the right to privacy and freedom of the press are set on a collision course. — Rob Lowe

David Mamet, Tim Kazurinsky, and Denise DeClue, who adapted [ About Last Night]. Between the three of them... I mean, it's always down to the writing. You're only as good as your writing. — Rob Lowe

All the shows we did pre-airdate, and I'd come out - "Rob Lowe!" - and it was [Offers bored applause.] After the show aired? I came out - "Rob Lowe!" - and the place was, like, bedlam. And then the next week, they wouldn't let anyone under the age of 20 into the audience. And I'm going, "So that's how it works! Okay!" — Rob Lowe

For the only time in my career, I came in and met Tony [Richardson] for the part - I did not read, I just met with him - and in the middle of the meeting, he told me that I had the part [in The Hotel New Hampshire]. There was never, "Well, thank you, and we'll have my people call your people." There was none of that kabuki that goes on now endlessly for even the smallest role. — Rob Lowe

[Jim Belushi] and I have a great thing going, and a really weird, offbeat story. [Living In Peril] is the type of movie that I don't even know if it would be made today. Just a very odd film. But a very fun movie. — Rob Lowe

[Maggie Smith] brings new meaning to the phrase "doesn't suffer fools." She has just the most amazing, dry timing of anyone ever, I think. I think everyone's always known about it, but with her resurgence on Downton Abbey, a whole new generation has been introduced to it, which is just great. — Rob Lowe

Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid? — Rob Lowe

Whether you're a movie star or doing time in a correctional institute, everybody can have bad judgment, and it's something you have to address. You learn to go on from it. It shouldn't stand in your way. You shouldn't let people continue to throw it in your face. — Rob Lowe

I have such amazing memories [about The Hotel New Hampshire movie], because Tony Richardson was such an amazing director, and the subject matter was so bizarre, and yet it was the most sought-after part at that moment. And then it had the good fortune to come out on the same day as Splash. — Rob Lowe

Chris [Farley] - I would consider him a comic animal. With the emphasis on "animal." — Rob Lowe

I can't help but be a little more gun-shy and wary about people. — Rob Lowe

Everybody is naughty, everybody is good. — Rob Lowe

William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] - that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star - that's very gratifying. — Rob Lowe

If people are attracted to me, I like to think it's because I'm an interesting person, fairly smart, well-rounded, with a good sense of humor. I would like to think that's what I am. I would like to think people see it. — Rob Lowe

Allison Janney is the best actor on the series.Allison is one of the few actors I ever worked with who is incapable of hitting a false note. — Rob Lowe

I had to learn American sign language. And I did stuff in it, stuff that was just for me and was fun, that I don't think anyone would ever notice. — Rob Lowe

It's part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that. — Rob Lowe

There are so many family dinners you can do. I eventually had to go to them and say, 'Look, I don't do spatula work. I don't do scenes with oven mitts. If you're looking for that, you've got the wrong guy. I'm not doing scenes about casseroles. It's not happening. — Rob Lowe

[Code Black] doesn't look like any other CBS show... and I don't mean that as any sort of judgment. It's just unbelievably unique, it's gorgeous, and it looks like a film. — Rob Lowe

Stephen [King], who wrote the script himself, was on the set [of The Stand], and I was just so fortunate to get to know him. What a wonderful man. He may go down in history as the greatest American writer, pound for pound. — Rob Lowe

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. — Rob Lowe

I think I have a pretty good ear. I mean, even just starting with, like, Austin Powers, where I did young Robert Wagner. People were, like, "How do you imitate Robert Wagner? What does he sound like? What does that even involve?". — Rob Lowe

People are human. There's such a premium today on being perfect. That's just not the way people are. — Rob Lowe

[The Outsiders] was all new to me. It's been fun to be a part of that ride, where it's become on the level of Catcher In The Rye in terms of people's required reading in schools. — Rob Lowe

[Bad Influence]was David Koepp's first big screenplay. It was actually a writing sample that was around town to get David work at the time, and Steve Tisch - now the owner of the New York Giants - found it, loved it, and together we put it together. But I'd say that would be the one I'd tell people to go and look at if they haven't seen it. — Rob Lowe

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.' — Rob Lowe

The West Wing and The Outsiders are the gifts that keep on giving. — Rob Lowe

Fred Savage,he's America's sweetheart, like I always say. One of the funniest, nicest, most decent... I love him like a brother. — Rob Lowe

I think of myself as a human being first and foremost, and secondly as a person whose profession is acting. If people want to make that into something more or less, that's up to them. — Rob Lowe

It was a little company that released [Bad Influence], it was really ahead of its time... I'm really proud of it. And it's Curtis Hanson. He'd directed a small movie before that, but it was his first directorial work that really worked. — Rob Lowe

The script was given to me by one of my agents and they didn't tell me anything about it. My first reaction was, "The West Wing? Is it about a squadron of fighter jets?" Then I turned the page and saw, 'by Aaron Sorkin' and I knew it was going to be something good. — Rob Lowe

I went from doing something that was very original, sort of subversive, and specific in its voice - The Grinder - and loved every minute of it, but having done that, I was anxious to do something that had more broad appeal and to embrace the good things about that. — Rob Lowe

I know, there are so many great lines [in Tommy Boy]. People say to me, "Did you eat paint chips for a living?" Or, "These shoes are worth more than your life." And the one I get all the time is, "Brothers don't shake hands, brothers gotta hug!" — Rob Lowe

[Jodie Foster] is one of my favorite actors and people in the business. — Rob Lowe

Mostly people are interested in how somebody becomes an actor. And then, if they've had a couple of drinks, they want to know what Demi Moore's like or whatever. I mean, I don't mind people asking that at all, but when you've answered it five times... — Rob Lowe

I was... 15? And Garry Marshall, who had many, many seasons in the sun and a very long career, was in the middle of the brightest of all his seasons - I think he owned network television - and it was his next thing, and he was directing [Mean Jeans ]. And I thought, "If there's anyone who can bring comedy out of a designer jeans shop, it's gotta be Garry." — Rob Lowe

When I'm angry I'm an incredibly tough person, because I don't get angry easily. — 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

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. — Rob Lowe

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. — Rob Lowe

[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it's very early, vintage James Gunn. — Rob Lowe

As far as my work for causes or social issues, that's something I'm doing as a private citizen. — Rob Lowe

Read between the lines, folks, 'cause I'm here to tell you you're not getting the straight story. Ever. You're getting variations of the truth, if you're lucky. — Rob Lowe

It's the media that take an isolated incident and make it a deciding factor in a presidential campaign, as opposed to the real issues, like abortion, the homeless, the deficit. The same is true with actors and their lifestyles. — Rob Lowe

[Chris] Farley was a dear friend, and we remained close right up until the end. You know, there was nobody more fearless comedically than Chris. And that's saying a lot, because I'm friendly with a lot of funny people. — Rob Lowe

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

I just had such a blast coming up with this corporate dweeb [in the Sex Tape], a sort of nerd who was also doing coke and listening to death metal and was obsessed with Walt Disney art. I just felt it was a type of guy you hadn't really seen before, and I was so happy with how it came out. — Rob Lowe

Sam Seaborn is the best character that's ever been written for me, certainly. By far. And it's a timeless show [The West Wing], one that's having another resurgence now, with people so in an uproar politically. — Rob Lowe

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

I'm not going to stop talking to people who come up to me in an airport. I'm not going to worry about what may be their ulterior motive. — Rob Lowe

If people are watching me 365 days a year, 360 days they might be bored to tears. And on the other five days, maybe I would qualify as Satan. — Rob Lowe

The really good thing about my career is that I never went through a phase where I played characters who had names like "Partygoer," "Waiter," or "Guy #1." — Rob Lowe

That chemistry that we had [with Fred Savage] is very, very hard to find. We were lucky to have those 22 episodes [of The Grinder]. I'm unendingly proud of it. — Rob Lowe

My looks have prevented people from seeing my work. — Rob Lowe

What people do in their private lives is their business, and shouldn't be anybody else's business. — Rob Lowe

I had no regrets when I did it, I have even less regret now because I can't imagine staying on the West Wing show and then, six weeks later, Aaron Sorkin leaving. — Rob Lowe

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 am getting on in years, and I have a very extensive IMDB page, and I cannot keep track of my own credits. — Rob Lowe

Helmut Newton shot the ad campaign [for Bad Influence]. It's [James] Spader at the top of his game, right after Sex, Lies And Videotape. It's sexy. It's weird. It's dark. The characters are great. — Rob Lowe

To achieve longevity you will have cycles. No one gets there in one straight shot. — Rob Lowe

You show me a perfect person and I'll show you somebody who has lived a very closed life. — Rob Lowe

Intelligence is that aspect of human cognition that we haven't managed to emulate yet. — Rob Lowe

The universe works in mysterious ways and for me it worked out perfectly. With all respect to everybody else, Aaron Sorkin is and was The West Wing, full stop. There's no West Wing without him. — Rob Lowe

I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I'm perceived. You'll go crazy otherwise. — Rob Lowe

As an actor, you deal in fantasy, imagination, and concentration. Those are your three weapons. Those are your bullets. — Rob Lowe

Actually, if I had to do it over [leaving the show the West Wing], I'd do the same thing, because lost in the shuffle of it is that Aaron [Sorkin] left the same year I did. And I would not have wanted to be on The West Wing with somebody else writing it. — Rob Lowe

[On "John F. Kennedy" set] everybody was very interested in the accent. Even my collaborators were very curious to know if I was even going to do it. And I was, like, "You just can't not do it." I think everybody was worried that it was going to sound like the guy from... is it The Simpsons? — Rob Lowe

We shot every scene of mine in the entire movie in five days. All my coverage, everything. I left. They went back and shot everybody else around me. Insane. The part [Billie in Crazy Six] called for a handsome, coiffed cool guy romantic lead, and I showed up like you see him in the movie. And they let me do it. — Rob Lowe

I remember Tucker Toomey was named so because "T's are funny!" And if Garry Marshall says it's funny, by god, it must be so. — Rob Lowe

In the business of acting, those are the actors that make the trains run on time, you know? There's nothing without them. — Rob Lowe

People should be allowed to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own home or their own hotel room. — Rob Lowe

Ridley Scott's company makes great work in whatever arena, whether it's movies or commercials or television. They just do really quality stuff, so you know it's going to be quality. — Rob Lowe

We [me,Maggie Smith and Natasha Richardson ] rehearsed [Suddenly, Last Summer] like a play for a month, and then we shot it over the course of... I believe it was 10 days. All live, basically. Long, uninterrupted takes. And for me, a lot of it is me going head to head with Maggie Smith. And anybody who's ever had that opportunity never forgets it! It's a real career highlight, and it was everything I ever thought it would be, and more. — Rob Lowe

I think [The Outsiders] really forged who I am as an actor, and it's one of the reasons why I keep being drawn to big ensembles where I'm surrounded by strong, successful actors or personalities. Because that was my initial foray into movie making. — Rob Lowe

You can meet people who are really beautiful. Then, when you see them angry for the first time, all of a sudden they're not beautiful anymore. They didn't just step into the other room and have plastic surgery; they're still the same physically. It's just that something inside of them has changed. They're no longer attractive. — Rob Lowe

[Doctor Cukrowicz] was basically a role where you have two diva actresses - Maggie Smith and Natasha Richardson - and my role was to say, "And then what happened? Tell me more." But I wanted to do it was because a) it was Tennessee Williams, a great writer, and b) it was Richard Eyre, an amazing director. And to work with those two amazing women! — Rob Lowe

That's what I grew up loving. Whether it's 30 Rock or The Office or Parks And Rec... I don't know if those still work on network today or not, but The Grinder did not. But the great news is that it lives on on Netflix. — Rob Lowe

Somebody once told me - and I could be wrong about this - that The West Wing was, on any given episode, $300,000 over, on average. Now today, if you were $10,000 over budget, they would cancel you. For sure. — Rob Lowe

If somebody else is achieving more than I am, that means I can do it, too. Everybody has the ability to raise themselves up, and my life has been marked by that. — Rob Lowe

Every relationship has its complications. — Rob Lowe

Anybody who doesn't have a scandal I have no interest in meeting because they haven't lived their lives. — Rob Lowe

We knew we were doing something that would make an impact, because of Francis [Ford Coppola], but I don't think we were surprised by how well the movie [The Outsiders] did, but I think we would all say we were surprised at how well we all did coming out of it. — Rob Lowe

Life Lessons by Rob Lowe

1. Rob Lowe has demonstrated that hard work and dedication can lead to success, as he has achieved success in both film and television.
2. He has also shown that it is possible to reinvent oneself, as he has gone from a teen idol to a respected actor.
3. Finally, Lowe has shown that it is possible to remain relevant and successful in the entertainment industry for decades.