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" Marriage is becoming sort of fake. It's almost like a handbag. Everybody wants the newest, greatest and latest. It becomes an event, and it's definitely a status symbol in our society. I'm not saying it shouldn't be; it absolutely should be - but you shouldn't be focusing on that. "

Rob Lowe

Saying

Marriage

Fake

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Rob Lowe

Good

Much

" We should all be so lucky in our lives to create things that we're still talking about 25 years later. "

" What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it. "

" In acting, there's a type of courage you're 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. "

" When I started on 'The West Wing,' that was at a time when this was still a stigma, because movie stars didn't do TV. Now, every movie star is desperate to find their 'True Detective.' "

" I was a child of the '80s. "

Rob Lowe

Child

" I don't know what drives me. "

Rob Lowe

Know

Drives

" I'll 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 you're famous. We can stand to have a couple negatives ones, too.' "

" The term 'celebrity memoir' has gotten such a bad name now, but there used to be a little bit of an art form to it. "

" 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 couldn't have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science. "

" My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive. "

Rob Lowe

Divorce

Loving

" As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with. "

" I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things. "

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

" 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

" 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. "

" For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do. "

" Eleven days before 9/11, I was on a plane with the 9/11 hijackers who were carrying out a dry run. "

" I learned to focus on what's real rather than imagined; on not letting feelings drive the bus; on being courageous and honest; on putting my total effort into something and not worrying about the result. "

" I try to be authentically who I am. "

Rob Lowe

Try

I Am

" I always wanted that house where everybody wants to go, full of energy, dogs, music, fun. "

" Tom Ford, who is my all-time favourite, once said to me, 'Here's the thing about dress shirts, Rob. You need white, and you need black.' 'What about blue,' I asked. He said, 'Have you ever seen Cary Grant in a blue dress shirt?' "

" The president of the United States can't even fire his chef. I'm not kidding. "

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

Rob Lowe

Want

Life

" The Brat Pack is timeless. "