ROB LOWE

The Kennedys are our royals.

Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

When I got sober, that was 1990.

My dad is an attorney. I've always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.

There's this unbelievable bias and prejudice against quote-unquote good-looking people, that they can't be in pain or they can't have rough lives or be deep or interesting.

I've always been involved in politics, since I was 8 or 9 years old. I sold Kool-Aid for McGovern - I could always pick a winner.

I made a conscious effort to focus on television so I could stay in Los Angeles, so I wasn't on a location all over the world doing movies.

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 president of the United States can't even fire his chef. I'm not kidding.

Somewhere in my callow, misspent youth, I was smart enough to marry my best friend.

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.

Getting married isn't going to make your relationship better. It's just a ceremony.

For me, the battle is finding the balance between wanting to spend time with my boys and then having enough perspective to still be the disciplinarian and, like, not be in the best friend business.

I'm no genius, but I'm real smart in one area - I picked the right mate.

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've been on TV a long time, and I've never had a catch phrase.

Every relationship has its complications.

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

I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.

I'm perfectly flawed... I've got tons of flaws.

Show me someone who doesn't have some sort of experience that they would be uncomfortable for people to know about and I'll show you a dullard.

I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. I've met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart.

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

I 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.'

To be counter to the culture, you are by definition willfully and actively ignoring the culture, i.e., reality.