“Everyone knows that the teenage years are a time ofprofound emotion. The moody, exuberant, passionate,lethargic teen is a figure that has a special place in the hall of fame of clichés—and for good reason. It’s all true. When we ourselves are teenagers, we are living life as it comes. There is no point in reflection. We are so inexperienced, there is very little to reflect on. If we fail a big test, we just move on. We win an award and we smile and say thank you. We fall in love and it’s a thrill. We get our hearts broken and we suffer.And we feel all of these highs and lows in our absolute core; it feels as if it’s never happened to anyone else because it’s never happened to us before. Only later can we look back in the comfort that perspective brings.”

American actor and entertainment host

Rob Lowe is an American actor and entertainment host. He first gained wide attention in the early 1980s, when television roles helped make him a teen idol and a member of the Brat Pack. His screen career became closely associated with a series of leading roles in films such as The Outsiders, Class, The Hotel New Hampshire, Oxford Blues, St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night..., Youngblood, Masquerade, and Bad Influence. In the 1990s, his career shifted, and he appeared mainly in direct-to-video and television films as a lead, while also taking supporting parts in studio comedies including Wayne's World, Tommy Boy, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. His work is best known through that mix of youthful stardom and later character roles.