Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography by Rob LoweMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Admittedly, I read this memoir in the hopes of a salacious tell-all. However, Lowe plays it rather close to his chest, and thus belies the subtitle. There are remembrances of actors also early in their careers, like Demi Moore, Charlie Sheen, etc.
He does talk candidly about the ups and down of his career, including acknowledging some of his own missteps. He makes an interesting point that in mistaken projects, writers and directors can take their names off failed projects or otherwise distances themselves where the recognizable faces of actors cannot be changed thus one reason they deserve the "big bucks". That large pay wasn't coming to Lowe on West Wing and it is an interesting backstory how that project came about, its challenges, and how he came to be disenchanted with it. It may be the longest and most in depth story told here.
Reading his own autobiography, it is fun to hear him thus impersonate recognized voices, like Christopher Walken, Matt Dillon, etc.
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