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" The highest levels of fame in the entertainment business are geared toward keeping the artist disconnected, disinterested and continuing to make product and not developing any sort of 'normal life.' "

Rob Lowe

Fame

Normal

Life

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" 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?' "

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Rob Lowe

You

Chance

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" Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated. "

Rob Lowe

Being

Say

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" I had had some successes in the '90s, always made money, but the truth was I was like a man pushing a boulder up a hill. A huge, heavy, difficult boulder made up of some career mistakes, projects that didn't meet expectations, and twenty years of being a known quantity. "

" My life and the lives of many across the world have been deeply affected by lymphoma. "

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

" Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census. "

Rob Lowe

Good

Much

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

Rob Lowe

You

Fame

" 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

" 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

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