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" 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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" 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. "

Rob Lowe

My Life

Ambition

Bad

" 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. "

" My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character on 'Parks & Recreation' is the comic relief in a comedy. To play a character that appears strictly for laughs is sort of new for me and really fun. "

Rob Lowe

Man

World

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

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

" 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. "

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

Rob Lowe

Teen

Tea

" When you're writing personal stories, you have to be totally uncompromising - to the extent that you can be - about yourself. I know that if I am uber-uncompromising with myself, that gives me some latitude to write about others. "

Rob Lowe

Yourself

I Am

" Before you could actually have face-lifts, they would pull your skin around the back of your head with rubber bands, where they would tape it. And then you'd have to wear a wig over it to hide the rubber bands. It was not the most comfortable. "

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

" I had met my now wife, Sheryl, and was attempting my first try at monogamy, which was not really in my nature at the time, and I wasn't able to do it. "

" I've gotten to believe it's more fun to play politicians than actually be them. "

Rob Lowe

Believe

Fun

" When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie. "

" 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. "

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

Rob Lowe

Time

Catch

" I'm a political junkie. "

" 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. "

" It's a little bit of a 'if you can't beat 'em - join 'em' mentality for me when I think about Twitter. "

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

" I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.' "

" Every relationship has its complications. "

" I try to be authentically who I am. "

Rob Lowe

Try

I Am

" 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. "

" As a person navigating the waters of public scrutiny, you are often unable to hold on to personal heroes or villains. Inevitably you will meet your hero, and he may turn out to be less than impressive, while your villain turns out to be the coolest cat you've ever met. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Rob Lowe

You

Sharing

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

" Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before. "

Rob Lowe

Gift

Myself