Rob Lowe laments ‘bias towards good-looking people’
CEBU, Philippines - Pretty people have problems, too, y’all — just ask Rob Lowe!
The 50-year-old actor-author is obviously a handsome man, but sometimes being a dreamboat has its drawbacks. As the former “Parks and Recreation†hunk tells the New York Times, “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.â€
“They can’t be any of the things that you long to play as an actor,†he explains. But now that the actor is a bit beyond his Brat Pack days, he’s finally “getting to play those parts now and loving it.†He fully admits, though, “When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.â€
Lowe, whose second memoir “Love Life†is on sale now, thinks people were surprised by his “Parks and Recreation†and “Californication†characters because, as he puts it, “There’s a historical bias that good-looking people are not funny.â€
His “Parks†co-star and onscreen love interest Rashida Jones calls him a “benevolent narcissist,†he reveals in his new book. “I’ve had years of psychiatry,†he tells the Times, “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?’â€
“The learned men of psychiatry assure me that I meet none of the medical criteria,†he says. “There is [an actual list of narcissistic qualities], and the fact that we can even ponder the question immediately disqualifies me from being one.†(FREEMAN)
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