01UndatedEveryone knows that the teenage years are a time ofprofound emotion. The moody, exuberant, passionate,lethargic teen is a figure that has a special place in the hall of fame of clichés—and for good reason. It’s all true. When we ourselves are teenagers, we are living life as it comes. There is no point in reflection. We are so inexperienced, there is very little to reflect on. If we fail a big test, we just move on. We win an award and we smile and say thank you. We fall in love and it’s a thrill. We get our hearts broken and we suffer.And we feel all of these highs and lows in our absolute core; it feels as if it’s never happened to anyone else because it’s never happened to us before. Only later can we look back in the comfort that perspective brings.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
02UndatedFake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
03UndatedWe all have a suspicion and hope that we've just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives. That no one else knows this makes it seem like we are living with a secret that we would like to share, but can't, sort of like having a superpower that's not come online or being president elect. For the moment, our lives proceed as usual, but within a month, we think, everything will change. It's a frustrating, if exciting, disconnect.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
04UndatedAny time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
05UndatedAll things end. They rarely end as we would like them to and often do so before we are ready. We transition in a way that gives our loss honor; we grieve with a love and true appreciation for what we have no longer. It was clear that my mom was ready to go; it was her time. My love of her and my desperation to keep her in my life were of no consequence to that fact, any more than my relentless attempts to improve The Lyon's Den kept it from cancellation. Both personally and professionally I was swamped with the message: Your plan pales compared to the larger one.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
07UndatedThey (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
08UndatedI think it was Alfred Hitchcock who said that 90% of successful movie making is in the casting. The same is true in life. Who you are exposed to, who you choose to surround yourself with is a unique variable in all of our experience, and it is hugely important in making us who we are.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
09UndatedI have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, 'Don't do what you can do. Do what only you can do.' First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
10UndatedSome actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that require heavy makeup or outrageous wardrobe. Some trade exclusively in a post-ironic blase attitude.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
12UndatedMy deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
13UndatedThe first private space of my own wasn't a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
14UndatedI'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.'Rob Lowe / quote ↗
15UndatedOne of the interesting things about Twitter is looking how famous people choose to use it. Take someone like Steve Martin, who I follow: it's all sorts of comic gems, nothing private, nothing personal - all jokes. Other celebrities are overtly personal - like Charlie Sheen. I do a mix of observations and updates.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
18UndatedI liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
19UndatedHere'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 / quote ↗
21UndatedThe challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because that's where we do most of our learning.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
22UndatedI have had a lot of blessed, interesting things happen to me and have bumped up against some amazing people.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
23UndatedIf you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.Rob Lowe / quote ↗
24UndatedI never get bored talking about themes dealing with ambition, leadership and what it means to be an American. I love that stuff. I just love it. I've loved it ever since I was on 'The West Wing.'Rob Lowe / quote ↗
