The 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

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When people consent to do something, they should be able to do wh... by Rob Lowe

When people consent to do something, they should be able to do whatever they want.

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When I'm angry I'm an incredibly tough person, because I don't ge... by Rob Lowe

When I'm angry I'm an incredibly tough person, because I don't get angry easily.

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Contrary to popular belief, I don't go out very much. When I do go out, a lot of times it'll be to something like a heavyweight fight, and I'll be photographed, so that people have this conception that I go out a lot.

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The fact is, I have a great home and I like to have people come up. I meet enough people just doing my grocery shopping; I don't need to go out and meet any more people.

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I'd done light comedy. In some quarters, About Last Night... is a romantic comedy. So it wasn't like I'd been doing Sophie's Choice my entire career. But for whatever reason, nobody had really given me the room or the ability to be out and out funny. And Lorne [Michaels] and Mike [Myers] and Chris [Farley] and Dana [Carvey], that crop really helped me do that.

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What kind of person would run for president of the United States in today's political climate? It would have to be somebody who's never really been drunk in public, who's never had an affair, who never shoplifted when they were a little boy, who never had any sort of counseling at all. I just don't know how you go through your life meeting people, experiencing everything you can, trying to absorb, and not make some of those mistakes. It's impossible.

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Anybody who doesn't have a scandal I have no interest in meeting because they haven't lived their lives.

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You show me someone who's led a perfect life and I'll show you a... by Rob Lowe

You show me someone who's led a perfect life and I'll show you a dullard.

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I can't help but be a little more gun-shy and wary about people. by Rob Lowe

I can't help but be a little more gun-shy and wary about people.

[The Outsiders] was all new to me. It's been fun to be a part of that ride, where it's become on the level of Catcher In The Rye in terms of people's required reading in schools.

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Whether you're a movie star or doing time in a correctional institute, everybody can have bad judgment, and it's something you have to address. You learn to go on from it. It shouldn't stand in your way. You shouldn't let people continue to throw it in your face.

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It was sort of the first movie [The Specials ] where I really got to let my comedy freak flag fly. And everybody in it made me laugh really hard. I wish more people had seen it.

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I love that movie [The Specials]. I love James Gunn. I always sort of suspected that he would do well for himself.

[Tony Richardson ] just liked me, knew I was going to be what he wanted [in The Hotel New Hampshire], and that was the end of it. It was unbelievable.

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For the only time in my career, I came in and met Tony [Richardson] for the part - I did not read, I just met with him - and in the middle of the meeting, he told me that I had the part [in The Hotel New Hampshire]. There was never, "Well, thank you, and we'll have my people call your people." There was none of that kabuki that goes on now endlessly for even the smallest role.

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I have such amazing memories [about The Hotel New Hampshire movie], because Tony Richardson was such an amazing director, and the subject matter was so bizarre, and yet it was the most sought-after part at that moment. And then it had the good fortune to come out on the same day as Splash.

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[Jodie Foster] is one of my favorite actors and people in the bus... by Rob Lowe

[Jodie Foster] is one of my favorite actors and people in the business.

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I happen to be a movie star, but I'm not saying, "Hey, I'm a role... by Rob Lowe

I happen to be a movie star, but I'm not saying, "Hey, I'm a role model. Imitate me."

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If people are watching me 365 days a year, 360 days they might be bored to tears. And on the other five days, maybe I would qualify as Satan.

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The media have such a strong hand in deciding what people's perceptions are. They decide what the agenda is going to be, what the issues are.

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