Rob Lowe

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

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__nd for good reason. It__ 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__ 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__ never happened to anyone else because it__ never happened to us before. Only later can we look back in the comfort that perspective brings.

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

After my parents' divorce when I was 4, I spent weekends with my dad before we finally moved to California. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was incapable of enjoying the day's activities, of being in the moment, because I was already dreading the inevitable goodbye of Sunday evening.

Every relationship has its complications.

My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive.

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.

Being in a successful marriage is no different than being cast in a successful movie. It's all about who you pick; in that first moment, did you pick the right person? I think you need to pick somebody who's more interested in being married than in getting married.

Marriage is becoming sort of fake. It's almost like a handbag. Everybody wants the newest, greatest and latest. It becomes an event, and it's definitely a status symbol in our society. I'm not saying it shouldn't be; it absolutely should be - but you shouldn't be focusing on that.

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

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.

I've had years of psychiatry, and I ask about every six months - it's sort of like getting your oil checked - I ask, 'I'm not an actual narcissist, am I?' The learned men of psychiatry assure me that I meet none of the medical criteria.

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.'

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

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

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

The challenge as a parent is letting your kids fail in the right ways because that's where we do most of our learning.

Here's my theory: If a person gets worldwide fame at a young age, they're emotionally frozen at that moment. For me, that's 15 to 18, so you find yourself in your mid-20s being a glorified 15-year-old. What could possibly go wrong?