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

— Rob Lowe

If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.

— Rob Lowe

I 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, 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

I have had a lot of blessed, interesting things happen to me and have bumped up against some amazing people.

— Rob Lowe

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

— Rob Lowe

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.'

— Rob Lowe

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.

— Rob Lowe

I never get bored talking about themes dealing with ambition, leadership and what it means to be an American. I love that stuff. Furthermore, I just love it. Furthermore, I've loved it ever since I was on 'The West Wing.'

— Rob Lowe

In my bachelor days, the priority wasn't learning to cook.

— Rob Lowe

I 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