Rob Lowe Breaks Down His Career, from 'Austin Powers' to 'Parks & Recreation' | Vanity Fair
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Rob Lowe discusses the roles that make up his career, including 'The Outsiders,' 'St. Elmo's Fire,' 'A New Kind of Family,' 'Saturday Night Live,' 'Wayne's World,' 'Austin Powers,' 'Tommy Boy,' 'The West Wing,' 'Parks and Recreation,' '9-1-1: Lone Star' and 'Holiday in the Wild.'
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This video is *LITRALLYY* the best video on Vanity Fair
Yes I spelt it like that on purpose. Fight me.
U spelt it wrong
@@icebreaker9995 you didn't get the joke. Great job idiot
@@dyssu6118 I was being sarcastic idiot
@@icebreaker9995 You, have LITRALLY, brokenmyheart
So Weird that Chris is pretending to be this Rob Lowe character.
Bruh.... you're right :|
omg ikr😂😂
Literally one of THE weirdest things ever.
Yea the micro chip has been compromised
That's what I was thinking.
How many Lowe’s could Rob Lowe rob if Rob Lowe could rob Lowe’s.
How low do you need to go to rob Lowe's
If a fudpucker could puck fud how much fud could a fudpucker puck if a fudpucker could puck fud
Only after Rob Lowe robs Lowe's can we know how many Lowe's Rob Lowe can rob.
At least 20,000
Yes
I am LITERALLY so happy that he confirmed so many fan theories that everyone on the show is basically playing themselves just dramatized.
Nah nick Offerman is just always like that
This makes me so happy!
Yeah that’s true with most characters but I always saw a clear distinction between Aziz and Tom
Yeah I've always thought that. They're basically not even acting, they're just exaggerating their own personalities. Like with Nick you can tell especially. In interviews Nick just sounds like Ron Swanson,
me: has a final today in two hours
also me: "I wonder how Rob Lowe got his start"
Hey that’s me!
I have a Social Studies and Math test.
I don’t care I need to see rob Lowe’s timeline
I hope it went well!
How'd it go?
Me today 😂
in Chris Traeger voice:
*Ann Perkins!*
Gudmundur Solbergsson you forgot the voluntary finger pointing 👉🏻ANN PERKINS👉🏻
CHRIS!!!!!!!
*points finger in a cool way*
*double finger pointing*
*Ann Perkins*
👉🏻 👉🏻
👉😀👉
It is LITERALLY hard to believe he ever had a problem getting girls.
When he said he was a dweeb in high school and couldn’t get a date I was SHOCKED like if he’s considered a dweeb then what am I
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@@tat5189 You're a whole different breed. Mega Dweeb.
I think it’s a common thing where people can be so attractive that it actually drives people off. I knew a girl who was so intimidatingly beautiful that guys just wouldn’t approach her.
And still he choose an ugly wife
IM GLAD HE CHOSE THE OUTSIDERS AND NOT COLLEGE HAHAHAH
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY BAHAHA
LITERALLY the best choice he made
ME TOO
But UCLA tho
Facts
Rob Lowe as Sodapop Curtis will always be his most iconic role to me. It's exactly as he said-we read The Outsiders in 7th grade and our teacher showed us the movie on the projector. And EVERYBODY thought Sodapop was so cute.
Am I the only one who came here solely to hear what he had to say about The Outsiders??
He talks about The Outsiders a fair amount in his book Stories I Only Tell My Friends. A fun read.
same and st. elmo’s fire
Epona Thanks for the heads up!
Nobody:
Every 7th grade girl: iS tHaT sOdApOp
Not me - West Wing!
Coming from a straight guy... Rob Lowe is *literally* the most handsome man to walk this planet.
Codename "if I had to pick a dude."
Matt Bomer though
BadCoverMan - Not. Even. Close.
Ricardo tho
Have you ever heard of Danny devito? Because if you somehow haven’t he is the definition of “Messiah”
Rob Lowe is LITERALLY the most adorable human ever
* Litrally *
Litrally. With the slight head nod too.
According to everyone who's worked with him on set he's an absolute asshat
Why or is this a joke?
Agreed Luisa check out my tribute video
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It’s funny Rob mentions Stranger Things cause I was literally just thinking Dacre Montgomery looks like a young Rob Lowe.
When
@@OdileOdile19 5:03
Yeap Dacre does look like him
Dacre Montgomery is Discount Zac Efron
David Martin what an unrelated comment. Doesn’t change what I stated. Also Efron has been acting much longer than Dacre. It’s taken awhile for Efron to bloom and we’ve yet to see Dacre’s big potential and so far he’s been doing quite well.
I'm straight as a pole, but this guy is going to make me act up.
Bro he 50
@@icebreaker9995 dilf
@@icebreaker9995 56
I'm laughing so hard right now!!!🤣😂
i want to kiss this boy rob lowe but the strange thing is i do not usually kiss boys so @suhas we are the same
I love that he thinks acting is like being in an orchestra, he doesn’t think of himself as the star but that he’s part of something big. I love him.
I guess he doesn't need to make things about him when he attracts positive attention without trying. Not many people have this luxury.
It feels that way too. He’s not a smug star, he’s just Rob Lowe. We all know him and love him.
Truly a testament to the prowess of Dr. Richard Nygaurd
Keara Henry He LITERALLY changed his life
Guess therapy works
gamechanger
Because he literally say him 18 times a week
No I think its the bumbleflex
SO THIS WHOOLE TIME HE WAS THE HOT GUY I HAD A CRUSH ON WHEN WE WATCHED THE OUTSIDERS IN 7TH GRADE
Yessss omg he was my biggest crush during that film😍😍
R O G E R I N A-
It was in 8th grade for me
@@delancey3181 same.
@@delancey3181 9th for me lmao
Nobody:
Every 7th grade girl: iS tHaT sOdApOp
☕️tea
So true 😂 It’s been like 12 years since I was in 7th grade and I’ve been a Rob Lowe fan since!
NEED A HAIRCUT GREASER
Actually me rn
@@KyleMozza 😉
here you go
0:25 A New Kind Of Family
1:43 The Outsiders
4:00 St. Elmo's Fire
5:43 SNL
6:45 Wayne's World
8:01 The Austin Powers Trilogy
9:33 The West Wing
11:20 Parks and Recreation :)
13:28 Holiday in the Wild
14:35 9-1-1: Lone Star
Bro I came for tommy boy now I’m upset
@@emmaoswald8043 he was in Tommy boy?
@Madison Squires
He was Tommy’s ‘step brother’ aka kind of liek the bad guy in the movie I can’t think of his name
@@emmaoswald8043 oh yeah thank you 😊
Awe where’s Youngblood
i’m still trying to understand how rob lowe didn’t get a date in high school
IKR, he is beautiful
California high schools are full of tan beach ball players and football players. He was the dork in the high school play LOL
@@manichispanic5234 I went to high school in California and 15 year old rob lowe was more handsome then almost everyone at my school
@@manichispanic5234 Yes, everyone in california high schools are beautiful people. It's hard for us to be this good looking.
@@BarginsGalore I listen to his podcast. I'm just repeating what Rob said himself. He said all the girls liked the jocks. I think he's gorgeous.
when rob lowe said 13 year old's minds are blown, he was talking about me
That’s not what he said
Lol
Same🤣
Same HAHA but the thing is I’m not 13 🤭
Ryan Saloom me too😭😂✋🏼
Stop poopin was improvised? What a legend.
i would make a joke, but LITERALLY everyone has done one
Bjeli Orao Literally
I am the 666th like
haha dobar dobar
Literally my thought exactly
Rob Lowe: legitimately
Chris Traeger: LITERALLY
is no one going to talk about the fact that young Rob Lowe is literally Ian Somerhalder.
Omgosh yes
I've been saying that ever since VD premiered, unfortunately very few knew who Rob Lowe was, which is a travesty.
No, Ian Somerhalder is literally Rob Lowe. I saw him decades before I’d ever heard of this young dude on Lost.
@@lisenormann4102 what? That’s shocking to this former teenager in the ‘80s. 😢
@@dreamweaver1603 Yeah, I'm a 90's baby, but I knew about Rob long before I knew about Ian.
Rob Lowe should write a book and call it "I Am Not Chris Trager." Then he should write another one called "Okay, I'm Chris Trager."
Very Leonard Nimoy of him.
so accurate
*traeger
All I see when I see him is Chris Traeger
That is LITERALLY the only thing I see
When I think of Chris, I can't help but think, 'Split Personality of Sam Seaborne'
all i see is sodapop curtis
All I see is Sam.
SAME
“STOP POOPING” will always be legendary
If only it worked in real life.
He has a podcast where he talked about that exact line with Chris Pratt. He had a conversation with mike (the guy he mentions in the video) and he said that was the 2nd funniest ad lib of the show. The funniest was Chris Pratt saying to Leslie “you have network connectivity issues” or something of that sort.
@@nate87799 I believe that was improvised
@@justdavid8357 indeed it was!
“I’m still the dwebb that couldn’t get a date in high school.” Umm someone make me a time machine. NOW!
I KNOW RIGHT
belsnickel what are you doing here! its not christmas yet
Zayn Ali you are impish for questioning belshnickle
Ct-27-5555 correct my child
It's so sweet to watch him geek out about the roles themselves, gushing about how much he enjoyed each one without seeming to consider himself that highly either. Such a genuine interview.
Hope he fired his agents after they withheld a role meant for him
Yeah, what the heck?! That made me mad.
A big part of an agent’s job is to field things for an actor. If Rob Lowe was sent every script written with him in mind, Nip/Tuck would have been buried anyway.
Jenn Hoff that’s true but it seemed like he was close to that writer so it’s still odd
Steve H When it’s literally written with that actor in mind though, I don’t think that’s something you should discredit.
Steve H Not really. Rob was also close to the guy who wrote the script. Makes no sense.
12:31 "Stop... Pooping!" every time I see that I literally burst out laughing, I love parks and rec! xD
This dude is LITERALLY 56 years old, and looks 30.
He seems like such a genuine person who’s just happy to be acting whilst also being humble
Rob: every year thirteen year olds go crazy over you!!!
Me: you mean thirst over you-
Yeah considering that under age scandal he had in the 90’s....
@@HinDoongEe it wasn't in the 90s, it was in 1988. He was 24 and she was 16. Pretty normal really
@@keirbourne5323 ‘normal’ is a bit questionable because 16 is pretty fricken young and 24 is a large maturity difference but yeah it definitely could have been worse but I guess that’s why he’s not in jail or anything lol
Ik I did 😅😂 yo he was mad fine tho. Ngl. Like when we had to chose a character to do our project in 7th grade and I chose sopapop so freaking fast. Just so me and my best friend can search pictures of him 💀💀💀
@@dduelion I was thirsting over Dally the whole time💀
“Stop...... POOPING” -Chris Traeger
❤️Thanks for all your heartwarming comments! Your love and support has gotten me standing. I can't appreciate enough the support of fans who have been showing me unending love and have made me put more effort in giving a more sensational entertainment. I'm forever grateful to you all...Private message me on telegram @robloweofficial
❤Much Love❤
I swear Rob Lowe never ages, everytime I see him he gets younger
He looks like he’s in his late fifties to me
I swear I see your name on every UA-cam comment!!!
Because he kept replenish his body with electrolytes.
BRO I STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE WHAT THE HECK
@@JazzzzFaz you googled that first then commented it
*Him & Ian Somerhalder HAVE to be related somehow. Even their mannerisms seem similar...idk - probably just me*
I've said the same thing for years!
Yeaa just you
I was just thinking that!
Young Rob is basically Somerhalder but can do comedies
dude. they even kinda talk the same
Rob Lowe is a prime example of people we should be making famous. This is literally the best career timeline VF has done.
“Dweeb who couldn’t get a girl in highschool” I didn’t know Rob was a comedian
LOL, The man is beyond handsome
"Ann Perkins!" the one line you hear that basically cheers you for the rest of the episode.
“Everybody on the show is a steroidal version of who they actually are “
Except nick offerman and Chris pratt.
I mean, Ron Swanson is an extreme version of Nick Offerman...
I think that statement applies deeply to Offerman and Pratt.
I think Offerman himself has stated that Ron Swanson is partially inspired by an over-exaggerated version of himself but that he is definitely not the same person irl as the character
Aaron Liu Offerman talks in the same way in his interviews like he does on the show, so does Pratt, you can see that in guardians of the galaxy and Jurassic world. I agree that they are not 100% alike but they are close. The other characters were too hyper and any other character can play that but these two were themselves on the show.
@@najeebsiddiqui6796 I mean, sure, but there is more to a person than their voice. A lot of Ron Swanson's personality, world views, preferences, w/e, are not shared by Nick Offerman, (yes, I know SOME are shared by him because he is partial inspiration). Superficially they may seem like the same person but looking past the shallow stuff, they're pretty different. Take the most fundamental and visible aspect of Ron Swanson's character: his dedicated libertarian views. They form the basis for his character, motivate most of his actions and decisions, and is the catalyst for most of his overall story arc. And they're not shared by Nick Offerman.
[on casting The Outsiders] "The most competitive actors and the toughest ones did" Why do I feel like he was talking about Tom Cruise?
Alex good point! I hadn’t thought about him but talk about competitive!
Tom happens to also be talented luckily not just crazy competitive
Well he didn't say the actor who is most likely to get involved in a cult so... maybe not
He definitely wasn’t talking about patrick swayze.
Pretty much everyone who had a major role in that movie went on to have at least a pretty nice career so I think Rob's quote is pretty accurate - it takes a lot more than talent to succeed in that business.
He's aged super well.
Chris Traeger would be proud 😜
He had a face lift
It’s all the vitamins and supplements he takes lol
And the 10 miles a day 😂@@Lcarter52
He's a good looking guy, I'm glad that he didn't get stuck with romantic comedy roles.
OK, just because - This was LITERALLY my favourite Rob Lowe interview ever. He has had an excellent career and I loved him in Parks & Rec.
Drinking game: Take a shot every time C̶h̶r̶i̶s̶ ̶T̶r̶a̶e̶g̶e̶r̶ Rob Lowe says "Literally"
u would end up in hospital
Aishik Ashraf more like take a sip of beer and not die
I think most people would literally just die if they did that.
Aishik Ashraf he says it like “lich rilly “ 😭
His character in Parks and Rec is one of my favorite TV characters of all time. So sweet and hilarious. Rob Lowe is just amazing.
Rob Lowe is a human version of Mr. Peanut Butter
ikr! That was my first thought when I watched him in BoJack Horseman haha
Yes! He could replace the voice actor for mr. Peanut Butter if Netflix needed a new one
Literally was looking for this comment. I knew I couldn't be the only one who had this exact thought.
THIS THIS THIS!!
'Everybody on the show is a steroided version of who they actually are.'
Probably the best way someone has described the cast of Parks & Rec ❤️
Wait he couldn’t get a date in high school. How? Omg every girl in my class in school were literally fantasizing over him in the outsiders 😭🤣
It could probably be the result of intimidation where girls were probably afraid to ask him out.........
_Why is Rob Lowe the closest thing we can get to Mr. Peanutbutter in real life?_
Cogniferous YES OMG
why they never put this guy in Vampire Diaries as some relative with Ian, I will never know
cokefriday do you mean legacies or whatever is the spin-off now haha
Netflix just started V Wars with Ian so it's never too late for that show.
So has rob lowe always been Chris traeger or did he get stuck in character
Adrian Peterson yes
Favorite scene in any movie ever is Sodapop coming out of the shower in The Outsiders...Blessed to experience that.
The fact that the line "Stop pooping" was ad libbed is amazing!
3:50 what he said was so special. Read/watched The Outsiders in the 7th grade, decided to teach middle school English because of it, 10 years later I’m reading the book to my 7th graders
This is the greatest full circle moment EVER!!!
That’s a great line about west wing. “It’s about math and knowing your place in the orchestra” that’s a Sorkin script. I miss west wing.
I found it kind of funny that he talked about "knowing your place" when he left The West Wing because he wanted to be the star of something. I wonder if he regrets leaving the show now.
@@TrumbullComic im sure he did. probably why he came back to do 2 episodes in the final season
@@TrumbullComic As I understood it, he was supposed to be the focus character of the West Wing, with the president being sort of off camera most of the time. Then they hired Martin Sheen. Game over.
Dr. Vegas, The Lyon's Den, The Grinder... every time he tries to be "the star" it seems to fail.
It’s a disgrace that his role in Californication wasn’t mentioned. Pure comedic gold 😂
You're so right!!
He poops on people!
I am not gonna like your comment because of the already perfect 69 likes 👌
Eddie Nero was comedy gold
I watched this whole video waiting fr him to talk abt eddy nero character
His character on parks and rec was LITERALLY my favorite!
❤️Thanks for all your heartwarming comments! Your love and support has gotten me standing. I can't appreciate enough the support of fans who have been showing me unending love and have made me put more effort in giving a more sensational entertainment. I'm forever grateful to you all...Private message me on telegram @robloweofficial
❤Much Love❤
Rob: Every 7th grader in the country has to read the outsiders and watch the movie
Me: Every 7th grader in the country had to read the book and watch the movie AND also fall in love with The Outsiders
Nobody wants to admit it but Rob Lowe will never top his character as Sam Seaborn.
Yup!!
Never realized Rob Lowe was in Austin Powers.
Randy Bobandy whaaattt😂
"Vanity Fair!"
"Rob Lowe!"
"LITERALLY, two of my favorite things on ONE site!"
I thought I was the only one to think that Paul Rudd was the only one who never ages. Turns out, Paul Rudd’s not the only one. Rob Lowe is another guy to look up to too as well 🙂
Rob Lowe is one of those people who rarely ages and always looks good when he does
Rob Lowe was so great in the West Wing. He and Bradley Whitford had great chemistry in all their walk and talks.
which is **very good acting** bc lol
Sam Seaborn was the best character of the series, imo.
He's the reason of the definition "age like wine"
"Ms. Jackson if you're nasty.." 😂😂😂😂😂😏😏
I was looking for this comment! 😂
I was scrolling hoping to find this comment. Well done 👍🏼
Hello Ann Perkins, my fallopian princess!
“Holy Schnikes!” I think he should have been credited for his role in Tommy Boy. Classic movie.
Ian Moore I agree! I loved him in it!!
Rob Lowe was on 78 episodes of Brothers & Sisters, more than even Parks & Recreation. Where is it?
Thank you! I was watching this just to see if it was mentioned.
Same here. Totally left out.
Rob Lowe should write a book and call it "I Am Not Chris Trager." Then he should write another one called "Okay, I'm Chris Trager."
I know. Also, where is Class? And About Last Night? And that one about the American at a British college (can’t recall the name)?
He actually seems like a human being still. This is one of the most engaging of these I've seen. Very likeable.
WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE OUTSIDERS I DIEDDD I FRICKIN LOVE THAT MOVIE HE WAS SO HOT IN IT AND STILL IS 🥵
“Stop... Pooping...” Is one of the best moments in P&R
As a middle child in between siblings that can fight a lot, I related to Sodapop so much. I felt for him when he ran off in the middle of a fight between Ponyboy and Darry.
❤️Thanks for all your heartwarming comments! Your love and support has gotten me standing. I can't appreciate enough the support of fans who have been showing me unending love and have made me put more effort in giving a more sensational entertainment. I'm forever grateful to you all...Private message me on telegram @robloweofficial
❤Much Love❤
One of the most diverse, genuine and wholesome people in the universe. The world is fortunate that Rob Lowe was born
the west wing and parks & rec are two perfect television shows, my favorites ever. i'm not sure how much of a factor it is that rob lowe is in both of them, but it's def not a detractor.
when he looked in the mirror and said “stop pooping” it immediately became my favorite thing he said in parks and rec
I wish he’d talked about Code Black. I loved that show. And Brothers and Sisters.
I'm rewatching Brothers and Sisters for the third time and I love him in this so so so much. He's incredible.
Love love loved code black! Only just discovered it. Watched all 3 seasons in a matter of days😂
YES brothers and sisters I’m obsessed
I’m sad they didn’t cover his role on Brothers and Sisters. Especially because it would’ve been a good chance to maybe talk about why he left.
I have noticed two interviews he skipped completely over Brothers and Sisters and never mentioned the show. Maybe there is a clause in his contract. The show sank after his departure. I agree with his reasoning for wanting to leave but was so sad to see him go! He did a great job as the Senator!
No Grinder?!? That was such an awesome underrated show!
He looks EXACTLY like Billy from Stranger Things omg
Sorry but it's the other way Billy looks like him....lol smh
The hair stylist of stranger things used pictures of rob Lowe olas reference for billy. The earring was also a reference to him. So rob Lowe is the man, myth and legend that without, billy probably wouldn't have been added to the cast.
I think the actor who played Billy was hired because he looked like Rob Lowe. They were going for this 80s bad boy / Hearthrob look.
got that backwards, you know, because of time
🤚I was one of those 13 year olds, that lost their mind to "The Outsiders"!! I watched the movie like 8 times & made my cousin watch it too. I was obsessed with it for forever. My first hundreds of Instagram posts we're about "The Outsiders" and I just want to thank him for being in it!! My favorite was Johnny Cade!!!
I hate Johnny and Darry, but love the others! Especially Two-bit and Dally!
@@miraclen5457 How can you hate Johnny & Darry!?! First Johnny is the best person ever. He's sweet & sensitive. Second Darry put off his own life, after their parents died, to raise his 2 brothers. He just wants what is best for his brothers & he knew that Ponyboy was smart & if he slacked off, he wasn't going to be, what he could. Also, Johnny is abused by both of his parents. He only has the gang & died saving children!!!!
I read The Outsiders in 7th grade too! It’s now one of my favorite books!!
@yasuno ryusaki The movie is so good!! It has Rlaph Macchio, Tom Cruise & more
I was also one of those 13 year olds. We read the book, then watched the movie, and I had the hugest crush on Soda Pop (not realizing it was Rob Lowe until way later). Such an incredible story all around.
I don’t think he understand that all those 13 yr old want to fu-
The girls who rejected him before his start probably have some BIG regrets now
conspiracy theory: rob lowe in st. elmo’s fire is actually dacre montgomery
The Outsiders is how my 80s movie obsession began
Same! ❤️
sameeee
I’m such a fan girl just so engrossed anytime anyone talks about the Outsiders
3:35 me here losing my mind over Lowe after my 7th grade self read the outsiders👁👄👁
Rob is fuckin hilarious in parks and rec. So funny man
I "literally" love me some Rob Lowe, Outsiders will always be a gem
How can he not talk about 'Behind The Candelabra'?! He STOLE every scene he was in as Liberace's plastic surgeon!
I wish he'd talked about "The Stand!" Loved him in that.
Oh god, forgot he played Nick!
Internet: Remember this guy?
**shows picture of Rob Lowe as Sodapop**
This is him now:
**shows picture of Rob Lowe now**
Me: You’re just as beautiful as the day I met you on UA-cam.
" STOP ........... POOPING!"
- Chris Traeger
7:28 oh thank did he finally said it 😣
11:02 oh yeah that’s the stuff 😫
Whoa, that's definitely me when I'm Rob Lowe and I breakdown my career
This is peak gen z humour
Rob Lowe is one of kind, because he’s a down to earth guy with people. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter. Also dude is immortal, he’s hasn’t aged a DAY.
Hard to believe this man is nearing 60 he's definitely taken care of himself over the years.
Rob Lowe and Harrison Ford are about the only movie stars that didn’t lose any hotness the older they got