You do learn a TINY bit about Charlie Sheen and get a glimpse that the guy we know about today has always been there. He is honest about his perceptions of these people without ever being disrespectful. He dishes a bit about the celebs he worked with and hung out with.
He narrates the book himself and I had no idea he is so good at impersonations (his Matt Dillion, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, & Christopher Walken are dead on). You really feel like your at a dinner party with him as he's telling amazing story after story. Intriguing, captivating, fascinating are some of the words I use to describe his story telling. I am actually a bigger fan of his brother Chad (who in my teens was a star on the TV show Life Goes On and a accomplished director now) but after seeing Rob on Oprah I was curious about his book. I'm 32 yrs old so I kind of missed the whole "Brat Pack" craziness at its peak but I've been a fan of many movies these labeled actors have starred in, but Rob Lowe wasn't one of those actors I really followed. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last 25 years. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the '80s, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics, both on the set and in the actual White House. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. A wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.Ī teen idol at 15, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio who was uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-'70s Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.
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