Rob Lowe Went to Liza Minnellis Hotel Room at Age 10 to Pursue an Acting Career: I Was Bold

“It was the middle of the day and they were in robes and eating chocolate and drinking red wine,” he shared with Kelly, 37. Liza must have been interested in the little boy’s inquiry considering Rob said she couldn’t have been any more accommodating.

“[I said,] ‘Hi, I’m Rob Lowe and I want to be an actor,'” he recalled. “She was awesome. She invited me into the room. … She was so nice to me, and Liza was fascinated and wanted to know why I wanted to be an actor. She was awesome!”

Looking back on his start in showbiz, the handsome hunk — who ended up making his Hollywood debut at age 15 in ABC’s sitcom A New Kind of Family — couldn’t feel more grateful. Rob even gushed over being able to watch Liza perform at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012. “Now we are friends,” he said. “She’s the best.” 

When Rob isn’t showing off his acting chops in hit movies or TV shows, you can usually catch the Golden Globe winner with his wife, Sheryl Berkoff, and their two sons, Matthew, 27, and John, 25. A source close to the doting dad even explained why family is so important.

“Family means absolutely everything to Rob,” the insider exclusively shared with Closer Weekly in 2017. “It’s what’s kept him grounded and sober now for nearly 26 years. It helped Rob organize the priorities in
his life.”

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