Rob Lowe is the star covering this month’s issue of Vanity Fair. He spoke with the magazine about his life as an actor and even shared excerpts from his soon-to-be released book “Stories I Only Tell My Friends.”

On meeting Charlie Sheen as a teenager:

“In his book, Lowe writes that Sheen in his early years was “one-of-a-kind … a Polo preppy clotheshorse in a world of O.P. shorts and surf T-shirts” and “a wonderful mix of nerd … and rebel.” “At my house we are still saving money by not buying desserts,” Lowe says, comparing his life to that of the Sheens, who lived nearby. “At Charlie’s house, it’s never-ending Häagen-Dazs, brand-new BMWs, a lagoon pool with underwater tunnels, and a lit, professional-grade basketball half-court.””

On his first confrontation with Tom Cruise during his audition for The Outsiders:

“He’s open, friendly, funny, and has an almost robotic, bloodless focus and an intensity that I’ve never encountered before.” In New York for the second round of auditions, Lowe finds that Cruise is “already showing traits that will make him famous; he’s zeroed in like a laser.” “We check into the Plaza Hotel. I am taken aback at the luxury and spectacle of the lobby…. The front desk tells us we will be sharing rooms,” Lowe writes of the actors’ arrival in the Big Apple. “In a flash, Cruise is on the phone to his agent, Paula Wagner. ‘Paula, they are making us share,’ he says…. The rest of us are staggering around like happy goofs….. ‘O.K., then. Thank you very much,’ he says like a 50-year-old businessman getting off the phone with his stockbroker. ‘Paula says it’s fine.’ ”

He even remembers Diane Lane being on set, saying:

“At only 16, she already seems like a legend.… I watch as she breezes by with her chaperone. With all the teen testosterone on this movie, she’ll need one!”

There was rumor, after the Charlie Sheen drama began, that Rob Lowe would take his place on Two and a Half Men. Lowe and Sheen must have a good relationship, because the usually crazy Sheen responded to the rumors, saying:

“He’s a buddy of mine, he’s a beautiful man, a brilliant actor, and I hope he does it and kicks its a** because I still get [paid].”

Reading the excerpts has made me want to read the book. Read the rest of the article HERE.

[image: Vanity Fair]