That chemistry that we had [with Fred Savage] is very, very hard to find. We were lucky to have those 22 episodes [of The Grinder]. I'm unendingly proud of it.

Rob Lowe

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Everybody is naughty, everybody is good. by Rob Lowe

Everybody is naughty, everybody is good.

naughty

You show me a perfect person and I'll show you somebody who has l... by Rob Lowe

You show me a perfect person and I'll show you somebody who has lived a very closed life.

show-me shows perfect

Anything that is stifled will eventually ferment or explode. by Rob Lowe

Anything that is stifled will eventually ferment or explode.

Everybody is God. Everybody is the devil. And if you don't realize you have both parts, that's what really causes problems.

devil causes problem

I'll be a role model on my terms, but don't make a role model on... by Rob Lowe

I'll be a role model on my terms, but don't make a role model on your terms.

role-models term roles

I am getting on in years, and I have a very extensive IMDB page, and I cannot keep track of my own credits.

track pages years

The really good thing about my career is that I never went through a phase where I played characters who had names like "Partygoer," "Waiter," or "Guy #1."

careers names character

I go through phases where I'll overuse words. S.E. Hinton, who wrote The Outsiders - she and I have been in contact for the 50th anniversary of the book - and she said, "You still owe me the 10 dollars that we bet that you couldn't stop saying the word 'gnarly.'"

outsiders gnarly book

Apparently Sodapop Curtis said "gnarly," and Chris Traeger said "literally." Every decade I have a favorite phrase I can't stop with.

gnarly phrases said

To go from "gnarly" to "literally," that shows I'm growing up, ri... by Rob Lowe

To go from "gnarly" to "literally," that shows I'm growing up, right?

gnarly growing growing-up

I was not familiar with the book [before filming in The Outsiders] , though. Interestingly, The Outsiders had not reached the point where it is now, where it's required reading in sixth and seventh grades. In my sixth and seventh grade, we did not, but today everyone does.

outsiders reading book

[The Outsiders] was very competitive, in the best possible way. Full of love, full of companionship and fellowship, pranks and practical jokes and ball-busting.

outsiders fellowship way

I think of myself as a human being first and foremost, and secondly as a person whose profession is acting. If people want to make that into something more or less, that's up to them.

acting people thinking

What people do in their private lives is their business, and shou... by Rob Lowe

What people do in their private lives is their business, and shouldn't be anybody else's business.

private-life life-is people

It's part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.

behind-you actors jobs

I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I'm perceived. You'll go crazy otherwise.

crazy worry trying

I enjoy experiencing life. Being a celebrity can really stand in... by Rob Lowe

I enjoy experiencing life. Being a celebrity can really stand in the way of that.

enjoy way

I meet so many people. I want to be genuine and open with everyone, because when I was young and just starting out, I remember I was around people who were successful, and I thought that some were kind of cool or off-putting to their fans. It always really bothered me. So I think I may sometimes go too far out of my way.

successful people thinking

I don't like to let my celebrity interfere with me living my life. I like to meet people, I like to talk to people.

interfere living-my-life people

People should be allowed to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own home or their own hotel room.

want home people