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" I like doing things that are different, unexpected, and where I feel that either the role feels like a natural fit for me or it's a really big swing that I don't know if I'm going to connect on. "

Rob Lowe

Doing

Feel

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Sober

Got

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" I'm a sportsman, you know, and I shoot skeet, and I grew up in the Midwest, so that's a part of my culture. "

Rob Lowe

Shoot

Culture

" 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. "

" 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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You

Fame

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Rob Lowe

Political

" I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted. "

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Want

Life

" 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. "

" I am terrible with people's names. "

Rob Lowe

Names

People

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

" 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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