Rob Lowe

“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 had long ago become a creation, a public image made to be consumed, piled on top of a precarious shell of a little boy wanting to be loved.”

“Belonging to one party is acceptable. But my days of just ticking the party box are long over. I judge the candidates for who they are.”

“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.'”

“If I had been on 'Ally McBeal,' I would have been seen coming out of the shower on the first show.”

“I don't know what drives me.”

“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.”

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

“Every relationship has its complications.”

“I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted.”

“My greatest regret at the passing of America-hating strongman Hugo Chavez is that he didn't live long enough to party with Dennis Rodman.”

“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 like the way you can circumvent the media gatekeepers and go right to the people. That's my favorite thing about Twitter.”

“What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it.”

“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.”

“I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties.”

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

“When I started on 'The West Wing,' that was at a time when this was still a stigma, because movie stars didn't do TV. Now, every movie star is desperate to find their 'True Detective.'”

“I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'”

“When I hear that I realize how quickly time passes and how everybody goes on their journeys and they're always unbelievable and they never go where you think they're going to take you and, quite frankly, it also makes me feel a little old.”