Rob Lowe

Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.

Guys are really lucky. We become our authentic selves the older we get.

I - you know, I loved politics more as a younger man.

For guys, I don't think you're ever ready... I don't think you wake up and go, 'You know, today's the day I'm going to get married. By God, I'm ready. My house is in order, and it is time.'

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.

I've come to really like Twitter. You really do get to see what I'm about, and I like sharing with my fans.

I'll be sober ten years and married nine soon.

My son Matthew's beloved dog is a Jack Russell. His name is Buster. Matthew picked him as a puppy, when he was tiny himself.

The '90s were a time of building for me. Building a life that was sober, drained of harmful, wasteful excess and manufacturing in its place a family of my own.

It's funny what actors take issue with. Some won't do parts where animals are in jeopardy; some won't ever play anyone remotely unlikable - 'Heroes only, please.' Some won't do violence. I have no such qualms.

Before you could actually have face-lifts, they would pull your skin around the back of your head with rubber bands, where they would tape it. And then you'd have to wear a wig over it to hide the rubber bands. It was not the most comfortable.

If you're telling a story, and somebody is going to come out badly, it better be you.

Sun Valley is one of my favorite spots.

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 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.

I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.

Can we understand - just for the record, we do need the government for a lot of big ticket items.

I'm a true centrist: my beliefs put me in the middle... You know what happens to people who drive in the middle of the road? They get run over.

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