Paul Schneider from Parks & Recreation

He looks like he has a couple of movies in pre-production. I don't think he's cute at all. He has a really weird looking face.

Rob Lowe and that guy from Tell Me You Love Me totally ruined the vibe of this show.

I agree that Rob Lowe brings nothing to the table but I really like Adam Scott...

Who?

He had no personality and wasn't funny.

Rob Lowe is a double-threat: He can't do drama and he can't do humor.

Sheesh, you guys have some weird obsessions

I think Schneider looks like he's Steve Martin's bastard son.

I don't understand relatively unknown actors who leave hit shows (unless they're horrible to work with or perhaps written out of the script).

But maybe that way of thinking is just me clinging to the security of a fairly decent job.

R9: Since when is P&R a "hit" show?

R10. I've only heard of Park & Recreation. I don't watch the show, but according to Wikipedia: "It debuted on April 9, 2009 and is currently in its fifth season."

So, I don't make the rules regarding longevity, likeability, ratings and potential syndication viability, but shows on for at least five seasons are considered hits of some sort.

Relative to everything else on NBC it is a hit. Most of the cast is great but I hate Rob Lowe too.

He has Roger Federer face.

See, I think Rob Lowe is hilarious on that show, mainly b/c he reminds of someone I know, especially before his character's writing went over the top. The relentless positivity, healthiness and perfection combined with being a total fucking mess. They are so similar it's scary.

He was terrible in Bright Star which was horrible enough as it is. What was up with that accent?

They never really knew what to do with his character. And he was an indie actor and I think preferred doing that.

By season 2 he was phoning in his performance in a way that made it clear he didn't want to be there.

i thought the same thing r17- did he have everyone telling him that he was going to be a movie star & was wasting his time in TV?

I remember seeing the Paley Center (I think?) interview with the whole cast, and he came across as an arrogant prick that you could tell the cast didn't feel comfortable around. There was a really tense and awkward exchange between him and the moderator at one point.

[quote]He was terrible in Bright Star which was horrible enough as it is. What was up with that accent?

He was great in Bright Star, which was a beautiful movie. His accent was Scottish.

Rob was great until the writers went waaaaaay over the top. I too know someone just like that. So relentlessly positive. I also enjoyed his autobiography.

He was meant to be a developing love interest for Amy Poehler in the awkward mode. The position Adam Scott is currently in. It was apparent there was no chemistry after the first couple of episodes. He had some heat at the time, and had memorably appeared in a small role as Rachel McAdams love interest in The Family Stone (I think that's the actor the producers thought they were getting.) They got an actor who viewed himself more along the lines of someone who does films like Bright Star (which he was oddly out of place in.) It did seem he shot himself in the foot with Parks and Rec, but some actors are simply not able to adapt or act their way around creative unhappiness.

Who R19 Schneider or Lowe?

In one of the directors commentaries it says the intention was to bring his character back after a one or two season absence.

Does anyone remember a 2003 film Small Town Girl, where Paul S has a lengthy scene in wet tight whities? Kinda sexy as I remember.

His deep thought quotes on IMDB:

[quote]Is it hard to hold on to this glass of water through a typhoon? It absolutely is.

He's a pretty mess who should keep his mouth shut at all times.

Schneider at the P&R Paley Center cast interview:

I read an interview with not so long ago where he hinted that his exit was an acrimonious, messy thing.

I've wondered about his departure as well, Amy P was just on Howard Stern the other day, but they didn't talk about him at all.

I don't even re-watch the first two seasons, so I can't remember, was he just gone at the beginning of season 3 with no explanation?

I used to get him and Ron Livingstone confused.

I MISS HIM!

He's in a movie coming out in the US on Friday called "The Daughter" R30. It was released about a year ago in Australia.

He had such a good year in 07 with Lars and the Real Girl and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. He was great in Bright Star too. Such promise...

I think he is quite sexy in an everyday-guy kind of way.

Did anyone see Beloved - Les bien-aimés - the Christophe Honore musical with Catherine Deneuve?

It's a wreck, and he really, really can't sing, and his French is poor, but he's still kind of hot and compelling - as a gay man indulging in a surprise tryst with a woman - Chiara Mastroianni - that, spoiler alert - ends in AIDS and suicide.

He plays gay in BELOVED, and nails "gay voice." Unless it comes natch'erly.

Rob Lowe is a double-threat: He can't do drama and he can't do humor.

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HA! Yep. He should have retired from acting at 22.

He's a few pounds from being Johnny Galecki.